Rep. Joe Baca used his growing clout in Washington to swing enough votes in the House to defeat the $700 billion financial bailout bill. The Rialto Democrat and chairman of the House Hispanic Caucus said enough caucus members followed his no vote that if they had voted in favor of the bill it would have passed by one vote.

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