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When Congress voted on the $700 billion Wall Street bail out, Peter Welch was among the narrow majority of House members to defeat the bill. Welch says he wasn’t persuaded that the package would provide a long term solution to the country’s economic problems. Turmoil on Wall Street and in Washington has many Vermonters wondering how the banking crisis will affect their ability to get a mortgage or business loan.