House Progressives Propose Bailout Alternative House Progressives Propose Bailout Alternative
A number of house progressives who voted against yesterday's bailoutbill, including Pete DeFazio, Donna Edwards and Marcy Kaptur, have justheld a press conference unveiling their...
Sep 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Bailout Bill Fails Bailout Bill Fails
The bailout bill just went down to a vote of 228-205. According to a source inside the Dem caucus, Rep. Boehner said he could deliver 80-90 votes, but ultimately only 66 R's voted...
Sep 29, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Why Vote No? Why Vote No?
Sirota lays out the case against the bailout. A must read.
Sep 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Hell No Hell No
Very quickly: word from the Hill is that they are close to a deal. I say, Hell No. Read this, this, and this.
Sep 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Mellon Caucus The Mellon Caucus
In 1929, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon faced the impending Great Depression and said: Bring. It. On. Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidat...
Sep 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Congressman’s Dilemma The Congressman’s Dilemma
So in light of the news of House Republicans loudly and suddenly bailing out on the bailout, a few things to keep in mind to make sense of the political terrain. 1) The bailout ...
Sep 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Another Alternative Another Alternative
Debt forgiveness. Intriguing. There is a better answer: Some form of debt forgiveness. If the face value of half of the debt was forgiven in exchange for some new government aut...
Sep 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Yes, Virginia There is a Crisis Yes, Virginia There is a Crisis
Yesterday, Pulitzer-prize winning reporter David Cay Johnson posted a letter urging us in the media to be adequately skeptical of the very premise driving the push for the bailout...
Sep 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Questions Unanswered Questions Unanswered
Bracket for a moment the massive and monumental questions of justice, equality, responsibility and moral hazard involved in this bailout. There are still huge outstanding question...
Sep 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Why $700 Billion? Why $700 Billion?
When I asked a Democratic house staffer recently where the $700 billion figure for the bailout came she mimed plucking it out of thin air. After today's hearing, that question is ...
Sep 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes