Honorable Jim Bunning
United States Senator, Kentucky, Republican
Senator Bunning was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998. He served on the Ft. Thomas (Kentucky) City Council from 1977 to 1979, in the Kentucky Senate from 1979 to 1983, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1986 to 1998. He sits on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; the Finance Committee; and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The following is from the October 1, 2008, Senate floor debate on H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. Many senators have stood up and spoken in favor of the Wall Street bailout bill we will be…
