Congressman Brian Baird, D-Vancouver, issued the following statement Monday after he voted for the $700 million financial bailout, which the House rejected by a 205-228 vote:

We heard the 'Couv's congressman, Brian Baird, on the radio this evening. The talk was all about the bailout package, which failed yesterday despite his yes vote. The show's hosts were being super-deferential to the guy -- it sounded as though he was a frequent guest of theirs -- but at one point they asked him a question that wasn't an underhand toss: Why not impose a securities transaction tax as part of the means of paying for the bailout? A 0.25 percent securities transaction tax would raise $100 billion a year. Many other countries have one. At that point, Baird went on the defensive. In theory, he supported such a tax as part of the package, but Wall Street opposes it, it would never get through the Senate and the White House, politics is the art of what's do-able, yada yada yada. No. Congressman Baird, stop shoveling horse manure. It's really simple. No bailout without a securities transaction tax. If it's not in there, you vote no.

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