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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 05 > The bailout aftermath

The bailout aftermath

Lawmakers headed home to try to convince constituents they did the right thing. How will the public judge a Congress with record-low popularity ratings?

By Carl Hulse / The Bulletin
October 5, 2008

WASHINGTON — The legislative, economic and political drama surrounding the approval of the $700 billion effort to free up credit markets obscured some of the other bitter conflicts and notable accomplishments of the 110th Congress — the first Democrat-controlled Congress....

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