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Lawmakers scramble to revise bailout bill

Lawmakers scramble to revise bailout bill

10:37 a.m. WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders labored Tuesday to find out how many changes are needed to sell the defeated $700 billion financial system rescue to rank-and-file members.

John McCain and Barack Obama offered long-distance encouragement from the campaign trail, announcing separately their backing for a plan that some House Republicans had pushed earlier: raising the federal deposit insurance limit from $100,000 to $250,000. The aim would be to reassure nervous Americans and to shore up the economy.

For his part, President Bush sought to avoid being marginalized, making another statement in the White House. “Congress must act,” he demanded in front of the cameras.
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