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House Rejects Bailout, How Did Your Elected Rep Vote?
A New York City trader takes a break as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets after the government's financial bailout package failed to survive a vote in the House (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
The results are in and the House voted 205 to 228 to reject the Bailout plan which in turn sent stocks plunging.
So how did your Los Angeles representative vote? Many of the representatives and their vote are listed below. If you don't know who your representative is and you live in Los Angeles, go to the city's website and punch in your address under the My Neighborhood window (in the middle, near the bottom. It's slow, but gives you a lot of info about where you live).
Xavier Becerra: No
Howard Berman: Yes
David Dreier: Yes
Jane Harman: Yes
Buck McKeon: Yes
Gary Miller: Yes
Grace Napolitano: No
Dana Rohrabacher: No
Linda Sánchez: No
Loretta Sanchez: No
Adam Schiff: No
Brad Sherman: No
Hilda Solis: No
Maxine Waters: Yes
Diane Watson: No
Henry Waxman: Yes
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