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Bailout Bill Signed

Today the bailout bill was passed by Congress and signed by the President. Washington bureau chief Darren Gersh reports that many on main street are warming to the benefits of the plan.



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External Links/Articles*

• American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
  The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research "is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare". Resident Fellow Desmond Lachman is interviewed in Darren Gersh's report.
• U.S. House of Representatives
  The U.S. House of Representatives is one of two chambers of the United States Congress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remarks about Governors across the country are warning they're being frozen out of credit markets.
• Representative Zach Wamp
  Rep. Zach Wamp (R) Tennessee currently serves with seniority as a member of the influential House Appropriations Committee. Wamp's also comments about the Bailout Plan are included in Darren Gersh's report.
• The White House
  President Bush signs the H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 into law. This links to the transcript of President Bush's speech as he discusses Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
  

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