Web sites of the House of Representatives are overwhelmed with e - mails . Administrators implement the ` ` digital version of a traffic filter '' to handle the overload . ` `` This morning , our engineers sounded the alarms ... and we have installed a digital version of a traffic cop . ` This is unprecedented , '' says a House spokesman . Overload began immediately as legislators said bailout information was already online .
Web sites of the House of Representatives are overwhelmed with e - mails . Administrators implement the ` ` digital version of a traffic filter '' to handle the overload . ` ` This is unprecedented , '' says a House spokesman . Overload began immediately as legislators said bailout information was already online .