financial crisis

Republican Andy Harris's campaign is still criticizing Democrat Frank Kratovil for a quote that appeared in The Daily Times in which Kratovil said the nation's financial crisis was solved, but Kratovil is now saying that the quote itself was reported incorrectly.

"We solved the crisis, but we don't always do something to solve the issue," Kratovil was quoted as saying in the original version of an Oct. 7 The Daily Times story.

The controversy began when Harris attacked that statement.

"Mr. Kratovil. Just pick up The Daily Times," Harris said during a debate at Cecil College. "It's in quotes. It says quote 'wesolved the crisis.' Now which is it? What you said yesterday in Salisbury or what you're saying today in Cecil College? I don't get it."

The Kratovil campaign argued that the story was wrong and that it had already been corrected.

In spite of overwhelming public opposition to the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, Chris Van Hollen voted yesterday in favor of the bill that was ultimately rejected by the House of Representatives.