John Campbell RSS Articles http://www.campbell.house.gov/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ This free-market, Milton Friedman devotee, conservative Republican congressman will be voting strongly in favor of the $700 billion bailout for Wall Street. What, you ask? Has the California sun fried my last brain cell? http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104323 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104323 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Senate leaders late Tuesday scheduled a vote for Wednesday evening on the elusive $700 billion Wall Street bailout package, capping a day in which Capitol Hill lawmakers, President Bush and the presidential candidates of both major political parties gauged how to win enough votes from rank-and-file House members who already rejected it. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104241 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104241 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Business lobbyists are banding together to pressure lawmakers into reversing this week's rejection of a $700 billion bailout bill for the financial industry. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104243 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104243 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Congressional leaders, with advice from their parties' presidential nominees, scrambled Tuesday to find out what changes are needed to sell the failed $700 billion financial system bailout to rank-and-file members. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104122 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104122 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT The House last week passed a bill to outlaw several credit card practice deemed “unfair and deceptive” by federal regulators, but the legislation appeared dead, since the Senate was not expected to consider it before going home to campaign. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104073 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104073 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Orange County’s congressional delegation split on Monday’s vote on the government’s financial bailout plan with three supporting the administration and congressional leaders and three others defying them. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104114 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104114 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT It was so quiet on the House floor “you could hear a pin drop” when it became clear a $700 billion package to bail out the U.S. financial system had not garnered enough votes to pass Monday, said Rep. John Campbell. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104119 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104119 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said in several television interviews Saturday that staff continued to work on a financial rescue package and that a deal must be made by Sunday. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104047 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104047 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT In a roller-coaster day of hopes raised and hopes dashed, efforts to negotiate a compromise on the $700-billion plan for rescuing the nation's financial system bogged down Thursday, with conservative Republicans denouncing the strategy as ill-conceived and Democrats accusing GOP presidential candidate John McCain of encouraging the revolt. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=103804 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=103804 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT President Bush and Democrats showed optimism Friday that the White House and lawmakers will complete a rescue plan for the nation's battered financial markets as House Republicans headed back to the negotiating table and lawmakers said they'll put off a scheduled recess to complete work on the $700 billion package. http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=103817 http://www.campbell.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=103817 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT