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Georgia Republicans plan ‘no’ vote on bailout

By Julia Malone | Monday, September 29, 2008, 11:19 AM

With the world and their constituents waiting to see how lawmakers would vote on the $700 billion bailout bill for the financial markets, Georgia Republicans in the House were poised Monday to “just say no” to their party leaders and the president.

After a meeting Sunday evening in the office of Rep. Phil Gringrey of Marietta, aides said the members were leaning heavily against the bailout. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Grantville took the House floor Monday morning to denounce the bill as too rushed.

“You cannot do this type of buyout — bailout of $700 billion without adequate hearings, without hearing other alternatives,” Westmoreland said.

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