American lawmakers proposed an initial bill for a United States financial system bailout. This measure, which involved the government acquiring or insuring as much as $700 billion of troubled mortgage-backed securities, was intended to reduce uncertainty regarding these assets and restore confidence in the credit markets. The bill was rejected by the United States House of Representatives on September 29th by a 228 to 205 margin.
The bill of a scavenger—the vulture.
The beak—otherwise known as the bill or rostrum—is an external anatomical structure which serves as the mouth in some animals. It is a distinctive feature of birds and, in addition to eating, is used by them for grooming, manipulating objects, killing prey, probing for food, courtship, and feeding their young.
— Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explaining how the Internet works (2006)
I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why ? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially... They want to deliver vast amounts of
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