The U.S. House of Representatives Web site was shut down yesterday along with a number of related sites including the Web sites of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank of Massachusetts as millions of people went online searching for news about the $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.
The spike in online traffic led to the house.gov domain and ancillary sites operating at slower speeds, Ventura said.
"House computer experts are monitoring the situation and are attempting to address the tremendous increase in Web traffic to the House's Web sites to provide improved access to House Internet services, but expect the delays to last as long as demand remains this high," Ventura said.
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