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Bailout Version 2.0: The Senate Easily Adopts a Bailout Plan
Bailout Version 2.0: The Senate Easily Adopts a Bailout Plan Last night, the Senate voted 74 to 25 in favor of Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, seeking to create an offer that members of the House can’t refuse when...

Senate Bailout Bill Loaded with Pork
We're in a huge financial crisis, right? We're looking at another Great Depression, right? So what's the Senate do? They get together and create a pork-laden bailout bill. The bailout bill contains the following "new" pork:: Film and Television Productions (Sec...

Senate Passes Bailout Bill - Moves Back to House on Friday
Monday's House vote was followed today by an altogether different outcome. The Senate passed the financial bailout plan, H.R. 1424,...

Wall Street Turmoil Continues
From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Senate Democrats propose conditions for bailout"-- Senate Democrats on Monday issued a counterproposal to the Treasury Department's financial bailout plan that would give the government shares in firms unloading assets and limit executive...

Bailout passes Senate
A revised version of the the $700 billion financial industry bailout passed in the Senate this evening, 74-25 and is apparently gaining ground in the House.The Senate added $110 billion in tax breaks for businesses and the middle class, plus a provision to raise, from $100,000 to $250,000, the cap on federal deposit insurance, according to the AP...

Senate Passes Combined Financial Bailout/Tax Extenders Bill, 74-25
The Senate last night passed by a 74-25 vote a bill (now H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) that combines the financial bailout bill that failed in the House with a bill that extends a variety of expiring tax...

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Bailout Bill HR124

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

Bank of America Faces Homeowner Class Action For Withholding Federal Bailout Funds
Bank of America Faces Homeowner Class Action

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...