New York Newsday (10/03/08)
The House is expected to vote on the economic stabilization bill on Oct. 3, and congressional leaders believe they now have enough votes to approve the plan to revive the U.S. financial system. Rep. Roy Blount, R-Mo., the top vote counter for his party, predicts that the House will pass the package. President George Bush and congressional leaders have continued to lobby for the support of spending billions of dollars to buy bad mortgage-related securities from troubled financial institutions, as a way to ease the credit crisis. The Senate made some changes to the $700 billion measure and passed its version of the bill on Oct. 1.
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