Barney Frank, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said this today, after the $700 billion bailout failed on the House floor:
We also have — as the leader will tell you, who’s been working with them — don’t believe they had the votes, and I believe they’re covering up the embarrassment of not having the votes. [...]
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Rob Bluey has a Flickr set of pics taken from the floor of the House as Republican representatives protested the adjourning of Congress without debate on domestic drilling.