Senate passes bank bailout package

MSNBC | Oct. 1, 2008 (News Report)

The Senate passed its version of a mammoth plan to rescue the financial services industry Wednesday night, saying changes designed to protect individual investors and small business owners could be enough to persuade reluctant House members to go along with the plan.

Senators agreed to the plan 74-25 as an amendment to an unrelated bill, which was passed shortly thereafter.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who put together the original ... Full Story »

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  • Bailout drama shifts back to House - and its speaker

    Miami Herald by Rob Hotakainen | Oct. 1, 2008 (News Report)
    () WASHINGTON -- Now Nancy Pelosi will get a second chance. After the Senate voted 74-25 Wednesday night to approve a historic $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial ...
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