WASHINGTON -- Two Big Country congressmen reversed their votes on a $700 billion economic rescue plan Friday, and one did not.

U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, voted against revised bailout legislation the House approved 263-171 early Friday afternoon.

U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland, and U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, voted for a proposal designed to save the economy from collapse.

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Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, of the 19th Congressional District, Conaway of the 11th Congressional District and Thornberry of the 13th Congressional District all voted against the bill Monday, the first time the House considered it.

Democratic and Republican leaders added a tax package to sweeten the legislation and made some changes to the bailout, such as upping the amount of federal insurance coverage for customer deposits. Then they sent the bill back to Congress.

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted for the revised bailout approved in the Senate on Wednesday.

Conaway had one eye on the gyrations of the stock market and the other on revisions that made the financial rescue package more appealing.

The decision to reverse his vote was tough because Conaway, R-Midland, doesn't believe massive government intervention is the answer to the woes on Wall Street, he said in a statement today.

"However, I know that we must act quickly to restore investor and lender confidence and return our great nation to the most thriving economy in the world," the 11th Congressional Representative said.

The modified bailout was more attractive because it raises the amount of insurance coverage available from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for customer deposits from $100,000 to $250,000.

The increased insurance will calm customers' fears about the safety of their money in banks, Conaway said.

In addition, the tax package the Senate tacked onto the bailout includes a one-year patch to the alternative minimum tax, sales tax deductions and disaster relief for Texas hurricane victims.

But those provisions weren't what persuaded him to change his vote.

"Above all else, I voted for this plan because I believe the threats to our economy are real and grave," Conaway said.

The financial crisis will hit everyone if Congress takes no action, he said.

"And it is my steadfast hope that this legislation will calm the fear and uncertainty that have gripped our lending markets and enable us to implement deeper structural reforms that prevent a crisis of this magnitude from ever reoccurring," Conaway said.