Top News #5

Top News #5

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McCain, Obama Return to Senate to Cast Rare Vote

Republican Misses 65% of Roll Calls, the Democrat 47%

In the Article McCain, Obama Return to Senate to Cast Rare Vote, found in the Wall Street Journal website, the article is about the House deciding to not pass the $700 billion dollar bailout. Since then lawyers had revamped the bill and is attempting a pass through the Senate.

Both presidential candidates Sen. Barak Obama and Sen. John McCain were called to appear in Washington to take a pause from their presidential race and take place in their duties as part of the Senate and vote for the revamped bailout plan.

In the article they state that both senators take the first and third spots in missing votes in the Senate. With a senator who suffered a hemorrhage at second.

Both candidates are taking this vote very seriously, and make it also an effort to plug themselves as the better will be president. Before the first presidential debate the standings on the senators was pretty deadlocked. However, after the debate, the standings with the voters were supporting Obama a bit more.

The $700 billion dollar bailout issue will affect every single person in America (impact), and the fact that the bill was not passed did arise issues with the American people (conflict), looking for someone or something to rely on or maybe even someone to blame. Hopefully with the revamped Bill and both presidential candidates to vote in the House (timeliness) there may be some changes, since both candidates have missed a significant amount of votes since the start of their presidential races. Also having them missing massive amounts of votes and being compared to another senator that missed a significant amount of votes after suffering from a brain hemorrhage, makes it even more significant for them to be on their toes and think about the country they can potentially be running. Especially with one of the most significant financial crisis in American history since The Great Depression (currency).