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...popular Democratic incumbent in President George W. Bush's home district, was one of nine Representatives out of Texas' 32-person delegation to vote for the bill. (Even four of the five Texas Republicans whom Bush called personally voted against it.) Meanwhile, Democrat Lloyd Doggett, from the Austin area, has found himself in the unusual position of being hailed by liberals and conservatives alike for voting against the bill. His Austin district office had been bombarded with e-mails and phone calls in opposition to the bill. Most Texans don't see any real signs of an economic slowdown...
...that Inslee was worried about getting re-elected; he won 64% of the vote in the August primary and is expected to easily win a sixth term representing the First District, which includes well-to-do Seattle suburbs and the high-tech enclave of Redmond, home to Microsoft - an area full of people whose 401(k)s and stock holdings would likely benefit from a bailout. Inslee says that he simply felt the bill was being rushed. He describes the situation as the Bush Administration declaring, "Give me $700 billion in unmarked bills or I'll shoot the economy...
California "If I ask, Should we bail out Wall Street?, you won't get 1 in 50 of my constituents to say yes," says Pete Stark, the Democratic Congressman from the Fremont area. "They don't want their tax money to pay for this." And so he voted against the measure. "Fremont has one of the highest foreclosure rates in California, and unemployment is high. I think their feeling is, Why should you be bailing out Wall Street when we know people who can't afford junior college tuition? They see the Wall Street giants as extremely rich people very...
...following centuries, the Golan Heights changed hands incessantly, enduring brief bouts of occupation by everyone from Alexander the Great to the Roman Empire. The area finally settled under the control of the Ottomans in the 16th century, where it remained until the dissolution of the Empire after World War I. French mandated modern-day Syria emerged from its ashes and the Golan Heights was included within its newly defined borders...
...After the establishment of the state of Israel and the ensuing Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, the Golan Heights once again became the site of tumultuous border clashes. Syria took advantage of the area's mountainous terrain and high vantage points to shell the Israeli border below while Israel attempted to occupy and control the demilitarized areas and divert the Golan Heights' freshwater supply from the Jordan River for its own uses...