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Originally Posted by Daimyo
This is just election year politics. With most of the population against this bill the most prudent course of action for anyone up for election was to vote against it. Even if you supported the bill in principle the ideal outcome was to vote against it and hope everyone else voted to pass it.
The democrats couldn't force it through on their own because that would have given the republicans too an huge advantage. It had to be a bipartisan effort.
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Are Americans against it because they don't understand "Wall Street" and the credit market, but because they are bailing out "Wall Street billionaires" (seems to be a common card the Dems like to trump out) with taxpayer money? Do they understand what could happen if it doesn't pass?