Small government, limiting powers.. real conservative, yeah?
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Gov't rushing to finish huge financial rescue plan
Friday September 19, 12:24 pm ET
By Jeannine Aversa and Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press Writers
Bush administration wants hundreds of billions, new powers ASAP to attack financial crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration sketched out a multi-faceted effort on Friday to confront the worst U.S. financial crisis in decades, outlining a program that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars to buy up bad mortgages and other toxic debt that has unhinged Wall Street.
President Bush, flanked by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, acknowledged that the program will put a "significant amount of taxpayers' money on the line."
The administration is asking Congress to give it sweeping new powers to execute the plan. Paulson said it "needs to be big enough to make a real difference and get to the heart of the problem."
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080919/financial_meltdown.html