<![CDATA[Democrats: "We Will Not Simply Hand Over A $700 Billion Blank Check To Wall St"]]>

1.0 link 128035 <![CDATA[Democrats: "We Will Not Simply Hand Over A $700 Billion Blank Check To Wall St"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/21/paulson-resisting-democra_n_128035.html ***UPDATE*** 11:11PM Democrats have begun to push back on the bailout plan offered by the Bush Administration, specifically with legislation that would cut the salaries of the CEO's whose firms participate in the bailout and by adding more oversight provisions. The Washington Post reports:

Congressional Democrats considering the Bush administration's emergency plan to shore up the U.S. financial system yesterday countered with their own demands, presenting draft legislation giving the government power to cut salaries of chief executives at firms...

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