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01 Oct 2008, 00:00 a.m.
 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks at a news conference in Washington, DC on October 1. The US Senate has resoundingly passed a sweetened 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout, spurring hopes the House of Representatives would follow suit after killing an earlier bid to avert a world financial meltdown. Sweetened! I should say so ... they tacked on $100 billion in tax break extensions along with many earmarks and amendments to give pork out freely. Amazing that the GOP wouldnt pass it the first time because of costs but are now considering after ADDING more than a HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS in taxpayer costs? |
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