Three Pa. Republicans shifted to support new bailout bill
By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com ReporterThree House Republicans from Pennsylvania who had voted against the original $700-billion bailout bill on Monday changed course Friday to support an amended bailout package that had already passed the Senate.
House Republicans were largely blamed for the original legislation's demise, and some lawmakers may have been bending to changing public opinion after stock markets plummeted following Monday's vote.
U.S. Reps. Bill Shuster (R-Frankstown), Jim Gerlach (R-West Pikeland) and Charlie Dent (R-Allentown) all voted for the bill Friday after opposing it Monday.
None of the three is facing a particularly competitive reelection challenge-at least compared to other vulnerable incumbents. Shuster faces Tony Barr in the 9th Congressional District, Gerlach is running against Bob Roggio in the 6th Congressional District and Dent is being challenged by Sam Bennett in the 15th Congressional District.
No Democrats changed their vote.
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Changed vote a stunt?
It sure looks like a stunt - voting NO, initially, knowing full-well that it would come up for a vote again.
Gerlach's district was competitive in 2006, so it's surprising to see you describe it as non-competitive. He must feel threatened since he sent out a horribly dirty direct mail hit piece on Roggio this weekend.
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They held out so provisions could be added to the bill to protect the taxpayer and keep groups like Acorn out of it. Nobody likes this bailout, but get this straight: it was a deal between the Dems and Bush. There was consultation with the GOP, no deal. Only take it or leave it. Eveybody's raising a fuss over the thing, but isn't it ironic you're rushing to vote for the party that got us into this situation?
Why don't you look into Obama and his time as a lawyer for Acorn? How he bullied banks and lenders into giving homes to people they shouldn't have (like illegals) - that of course defaulted because they weren't ever in the position to pay in the first place!
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