The three Long Beach area members of Congress were divided today on the failed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. Interestingly, the split wasn't down party lines.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, and Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Lakewood, both voted against the Pres. Bush-backed plan, while Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Long Beach, voted for the bailout. Richardson and Rohrabacher followed their party majorities in the vote, as a majority of Democrats supported the bailout while a majority of Republicans opposed it.
Rohrabacher represents the 46th Congressional District, which runs from Huntington Beach through a narrow strip of coast in Long Beach to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Richardson's 37th District includes most of Long Beach, Carson and Compton.
Sanchez represents the 39th Congressional District, which includes Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, La Mirada, Lynwood, Paramount and South Gate, plus portions of Long Beach, Whittier and unincorporated Los Angeles County.
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Both Linda and her sister Loretta Sanchez voted against the bill, and both need to explain their irresponsible positions.