In L.A. County delegation, bailout failed

Worth noting: In Los Angeles County, which contains all or parts of 18 separate congressional districts, the bailout failed -- 10 representatives voted against it, eight voted for it. The L.A. delegation consists of:

22nd Congressional District
Lancaster; Republican Kevin McCarthy voted no.

25th Congressional District
Lancaster; Republican Howard McKeon voted yes.

26th Congressional District
Altadena, East Pasadena, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta; Republican David Dreier voted yes.

27th Congressional District
Burbank, North Hollywood,  Sherman Oaks, Winnetka; Democrat Brad Sherman voted no.

28th Congressional District
Encino, Pacoima,Toluca Lake, Valley Village, Universal City; Democrat Howard Berman voted yes.

29th Congressional District
Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena; Democrat Adam Schiff voted no.

30th Congressional District
Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, Santa Monica; Democrat Henry Waxman voted yes.

31st Congressional District
Los Angeles; Democrat Xavier Becerra voted no.

32nd Congressional District
Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, Duarte, El Monte; Democrat Hilda Solis voted no.

33rd Congressional District
Culver City, Ladera Heights, View Park-Windsor Hills; Democrat Diane Watson voted no.

34th Congressional District
Bell, Bellflower, Bell Gardens, Commerce; Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard voted no.

35th Congressional District
Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Los Angeles (South Central); Democrat Maxine Waters voted yes.

36th Congressional District
El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance; Democrat Jane Harman voted yes.

37th Congressional District
Carson, Compton, Long Beach; Democrat Laura Richardson voted yes.

38th Congressional District
Industry, La Puente, Montebello, Norwalk, Pomona; Democrat Grace Napolitano voted no.

39th Congressional District
Artesia, Cerritos, Lakewood, La Mirada, Whittier; Democrat Linda Sanchez voted no.

42nd Congressional District
Diamond Bar, Whittier, Rowland Heights; Republican Gary Miller voted yes.

46th Congressional District
Part of San Pedro. Republican Dana Rohrabacher voted no.

Your thoughts? Comments? Play a game with me: Predict the L.A. reps most likely to switch sides and turn their "no" vote into a "yes" vote the next time the bailout comes up for a vote. I have a hunch, but I won't share it until I hear from a few of you.

--Peter Viles

Comments

[GD]

"37th Congressional District
Carson, Compton, Long Beach; Democrat Laura Richardson voted yes."

This is incomplete. Richardson voted yes but wrote in "Where's mine?" on the ballot.

[xtine]

Laura Richardson voted YES?

Really?

I had her for a steel-spined do-gooder who was only interested in the well-being of her constituents. I am shocked...no...STUNNED that she voted YES on a bill that would aid recklessness and punish prudence. That is so not like her.

haha

[Luke]

I just called my congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard to ask that she switch her vote from no to yes. She should stick with Democratic party lines and try to pass this bailout. Even though it was mostly the republican's fault for this crisis to begin with. Hopefully we get some real change with Obama winning the White House, and guiding the economy back on track.

[NO ON WALL STREET BAILOUT!!!!!!!!]

Thank God CONgress grew a backbone & voted against bailing out the fatcats like Fishman from WaMu...

Should us hard-working taxpayers help jerks who get a million dollar a month paycheck while they knowingly run their companies into the ground.

One day they tell us "XXX Bank is well capitalized" and a week later they're being bailed out or collapsing or being taken over.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!

Bush/Bernanke/Paulson have been falsely propping up the financials since the beg. of '07.

According to Bloomberg.com this $700 BB bailout won't solve the problem either.

AND we the taxpayer will have to pay for it anyway!!!!

The "golden parachute" clause is only for contracts made after this deal...if it's in their contracts already...they still get BIG MONEY!!!

It also call for banks to be able to have ZERO reserves... ZERO!!!!

The bill also in the end gives Paulson final discretion on decisions......

Call Sens. Boxer, Feinstein and your congressperson or fax them...msg. boxes are full.

Tell them if they vote for this you will vote against them....There are better ways to infuse funds and create liquidity in the mkt. w/out raping the taxpayers.
There is no upside to this bill!!!!!

DON'T LET BUSH/PAULSON/SOME TALKING HEADS AND SPOKESPEOPLE FOR CONGRESS (that are in bed w/ Wall St.) FRIGHTEN/BULLY YOU INTO WANTING A YES Vote.

Boxer: 202-224-3553 fax:202-228-2382
Feinstein: 202-224-3841 fax:202-228-3954

Own your finances; don't fund vegas-style decisions....weird that the stock mkt. ended in triple 7's

[Mt. Washington mom]

How come my stupid representative Becerra voted no-to please his non-informed constituents. Maxine Waters of course is smart and votes what's best for her constituents.

[I Live in L.A., Too!]

What's best for their constituents is for the Congress to stay the heck out of this. I just looked at lending activity on the Federal Reserve's Web site. The week ended Sept. 17 was the biggest week all year, so how exactly is there a credit crunch?

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h8/Current/

Please don't buy what they're selling. You haven't heard any statistical evidence that there is a crisis, just lots of horror stories. Actually, you've probably heard three horror stories. And they weren't even as good as Saw IV.

[RonC]

Thank goodness Xavier Basura...I mean Becerra voted no. I guess all the non-informed idiot hipsters living in Mt. Washington put enough pressure on him. Ha ha.