Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/congress-the-white-house-stall-over-market-rescue-plan Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Resistance to the government's $700 billion bailout plan from lawmakers continued Thursday, adding pressure to finish a compromise deal that could bring certainty to the crisis. Kwame Holman reports on the obstacles to passing a final agreement between Congress and the Bush administration. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. RAY SUAREZ: The drive to pass a massive bailout deal for the financial system consumed much of Washington's attention again today. We have an extensive look at the struggle and politics of such a deal, beginning with today's meeting at the White House.The meeting included Sens. McCain and Obama. Here's what the president said as it got underway.GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States: I want to thank the leaders of the House and the Senate for coming. I appreciate our presidential candidates for being here, as well.We're in a serious economic crisis in the country if we don't pass a piece of legislation. I want to thank the spirit of bipartisan cooperation that's taking place here in Washington.One thing the American people have to know is that all of us around the table take this issue very seriously, and we know we've got to get something done as quickly as possible. And this meeting is an attempt to move the process forward. My hope is that we can reach an agreement very shortly.I want to thank the secretary of the Treasury for working hard with the members. I thank the members for working long hours like they've been doing to come up with a solution that's bipartisan and that will solve the problem.Thank you very much. RAY SUAREZ: No final deal was announced after that White House meeting, but well before it began lawmakers on Capitol Hill were busy trying to craft a compromise deal.NewsHour congressional correspondent Kwame Holman has that part of the story.