Sept. 30, 2008
Congressional Web Site Slammed By E-Mails
Bailout Bill Brought House Of Representatives' Site 3-4 Times More Traffic Than Normal
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The capitol is illuminated under stormy skies, Sept. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The site on Monday saw three to four times its normal traffic, according to Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the House chief administrative officer. The traffic has slowed down the site and made it inaccessible to some, a problem that continued into Tuesday morning.
"It's extraordinary -- the highest level of Web traffic we've seen," Ventura said Tuesday. "This doesn't even compare to the release of the 9-11 Commission Report."
After the financial bailout bill was defeated in the House Monday, the number of people trying to download the bill diminished, he said, but the number of people using the House's standard e-mail form to contact congressmen continues to rise.
"We received millions of e-mails last night," Ventura said. "It was pretty staggering."
The House has implemented measures to limit the amount of e-mails flowing through to congressmen during high-traffic periods. If a person tries to e-mail his representative during one of those periods, he may receive a mechanized response indicating the system is overwhelmed and to try later. Ventura said the problem could last through the week.
"We had people working on it all night, and we still do," he said.
By Declan McCullagh
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http://zachjonesishome.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/common-sense-regarding-the-bailout/
And I bet they''re reading every one of them!!
NOT
They don''t care what we say---they''re going to put that burden right back on us.
I know wh I''m NOT voting for in my state.
Remember the votes and remember to vote as this country simply can''t afford to repeat another Republican Mistake.
1. Restore the Glass-Steagall Act.
This act separated investment and commercial banking activities, which prohibited comingling of funds between banks, Wall-Street Stocks and Commodities.
2. Eliminate Derivatives.
3. Eliminate Hedge Funds.
4. Restore bank regulations or make new bank regulations.
5. Restore Wall-Street regulations and make new regulations for Wall-Street.
6. Eliminate Supply%u2013Side Economics or Trickle Down Economics.
7. Adopt and use Nash Equilibrium Economics.
8. Eliminate Free Trade.
9. Restore and create Fair Trade.
10. DO NOT Give Wall-Street and Banks 700 Billion dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What alternate universe are you living in? It sounds like a fun place, can I live there too? That way I could act like all the problems I am facing due to the last 8 years of bs never happened and I could just live in a state of denial the rest of my life.
Please contact your representatives to vote NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Also join Facebook''s 700,000,000,000 strong against the 700 billion bailout.
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http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/contact/webform.cfm
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http://clinton.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm?subj=issue
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I am expressing I''m unhappy with the idea of a bailout. I feel if passed Americans will pay yet again for others greed and poor choices. I vote no.
we should not BAILOUT or RESCUE the
these markets, the CEO''s need to pay for
their mistakes.
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by indianaman13
October 2, 2008 6:46 PM PDT
- What did the Taxpayers get after bailing out the banks after Reagan deregulated the banks which led to the Savings and Loan scandal?That cost the Taxpayers 160 billion at the time(Google Reagan administration scandals) Did we get better schools? Less taxes? better health care? Less inflation? Less corrupt Politicians? What will happen this time? when will those responsible be held accountable? If I ran my business like these executives, would i get money from the Government?
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