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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Amanda Carpenter :: Townhall.com Columnist
RSC Not Changing Bailout Alternative
by Amanda Carpenter
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The conservative wing of the House does not appear to be dramatically changing their original proposal to address what President Bush has called a looming economic “panic” after their chamber failed to pass a compromise bailout package Monday.

Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R.-Tex.) outlined several scattershot proposals his caucus would likely support in the $700 billion financial bailout in an open letter to his RSC colleagues Wednesday.

In it, Hensarling said “Judging from the number of emails I have received over the last few days, there still seems to be some confusion about whether the RSC needs an alternative.” He said the RSC is sticking to the same comprehensive alternative originally proposed on September 29 and a number of individual RSC members are independently supporting their own add-on options targeted towards specific goals, such as offsetting the spending or insurance reform.

Reps. Darrell Issa (Calif.) and John Shadegg (Ariz.) have offered two separate, but similar, bills to establish “guarantee recovery bonds” or “net worth certificates” to protect depositors.

Reps. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) has proposed a number of across-the-board spending cuts to offset bailout spending and Rep. Joe Barton (Tex.) is pushing a plan to permanently expand energy exploration offshore and in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to increase tax revenue.

“In short, the RSC is proposing a number of alternatives and continues to fight for a legislative package that would solve the credit crisis, protect taxpayers, and not fundamentally alter our nation’s free market system,” Hensarling wrote.

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Amanda Carpenter is the author of “The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton,” published in October 2006.
 
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Thoughts on why econ crisis happened
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the _strategy.html#comment-278848

This is rather long, but very interesting...and quite scary.

bicycles!
Just heard the great news! Mrs. Pelosi snuck into the pork-uh, excuse me- bailout package bill, something about a $300. credit for people who will purchase and ride bicycles to work (not sure of the finer details)!! I think this is fantastic! When can we expect to see all congressional members riding their bikes around town? Then I might consider getting a bike, too. Oh, the joy!!!
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