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Bailout plan fails and the finger-pointing begins

The financial-rescue plan intended to restore confidence in the U.S. banking system collapsed yesterday in partisan wrangling and finger pointing, setting off a scramble among the plan's backers for additional support before another vote.

Republicans blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) - whose scathing speech near the close of the debate assailed President George W. Bush's economic...

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