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US House Web Site Fails Along With Bailout Bill

by Terrence O'Brien on September 30, 2008 at 06:01 PM


The stock market wasn't the only thing that tanked yesterday following news of the failure of the $700 billion bailout bill in the House of Representatives. In the hours following the collapse of the political compromise (meant to save Wall Street firms), curious news junkies managed to bring the Web site for the House to its knees.

Jeff Ventura, spokesman for the House Chief Administrative Officer, said, "We haven't seen this much demand since the 9-11 commission report," was posted on the site in 2004. The site is still up right now, but some users may get temporary error messages as the pages of congressional representatives are overwhelmed by demand. Ventura says that citizens can get through to e-mail their representatives if they keep trying.

Computer technicians at the House have worked through the night to keep the site up. The problems should be resolved today when Congress recesses for the holidays and demand is expected to drop.

Of course, Democrats and Republicans immediately started pointing fingers at each other claiming that the Web site failed do to overly partisan rancor on the floor. [From: AP]

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