KEYC-TV reports in Walz Again Votes Against Bailout Bill:
The bailout bill is now law...President Bush signed the 700 billion dollar measure after the House passed it today.Five of Minnesota's eight House members voted for the billion dollar bill...One of the "No" votes came from first district Congressman Tim Walz...
He says that while congress should move quickly to put out the fire in the financial markets, he also says it's important to get it right.
Congressman Tim Walz says, "Why if this is the plan to fix it and they believe it's going to work why aren't they willing to put their money where their mouth is and say if it doesn't work we're going to assume responsibility."
Democrat Collin Peterson and Republican Michele Bachmann also voted "No." Democrats Keith Ellison and Betty McCollum voted yes, as did Republicans John Kline and Jim Ramstad.
The Post Bulletin reports Congressional debate involving Walz and Davis will be held Thursday. Meanwhile, the Post Bulletin's Matt Stolle reports that Davis has late property tax payments on Wisconsin lake cabin. He writes:
Brian Davis, the Republican challenger for Congress in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, was late on paying property taxes on a Wisconsin vacation home in five of the last six years. It's the second instance the Mayo Clinic doctor has been found to be delinquent on paying property taxes.
In July, Davis was reported to have been tardy paying property taxes on his Rochester home every year since 2003, and paid more than $1,300 in fines, fees and interest to Olmsted County. At the time, Davis called the problem an "oversight," and said that he and his wife planned to return to an automatic payment system to avoid late payments in the future.
Davis is running against DFL Congressman Tim Walz, a first-term representative from Mankato.
DFL discovery
In the most recent revelation brought to light by the Minnesota DFL Party, Davis reportedly was late five times in paying property taxes on the home he owns in Spider Lake, Wis., which is 24 miles northeast of Hayward, Wis. The lake is 210 miles northeast of Rochester. The period covers from 2002 to 2007. He had to pay $728.52 in penalties and interest. The number of days he was delinquent in each of those incidents ranged from 18 days to 163 days. . . .
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