1. Up-for-Grabs Democratic Moderates.
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LEGISLATIVE bills , *WAR finance laws , *FINANCIAL bailouts , *JUDGES , *MORTGAGES - Abstract
The article focuses on several U.S. legislative bills in 2008. It notes that most Republicans plus 80 Democrats voted yes to a measure that gives funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on June 19, 2008. It cites that most Republicans plus 20 Democrats voted no to a measure that provides a $14 billion government bailout to the automobile industry. It states that all Republicans plus 11 Democrats voted to table an amendment opposed by business giving bankruptcy judges more authority to readjust mortgage terms.
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- 2009