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...that at one point seemed to have been amended to everyone's liking - with limits on executive compensation, more protections for taxpayers and homeowners, and additional oversight of the buying and selling of Wall Street's toxic mortgage-backed securities? In the simplest terms, it was House Minority Leader John Boehner's surprising declaration at the White House meeting that his caucus does not support the deal and that alternatives should be considered. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has demanded that Boehner get at least half of his caucus - or 100 members - to vote for the legislation so that Democrats...
...minds of Democrats, what changed was the dramatic decision by McCain, who does not serve on the Senate Banking Committee and has rarely exhibited much interest in crafting financial legislation, to come to Washington. "This notion that somehow John McCain is going to ride to the rescue, I think, is a notion in his own mind, not in the reality of what we're facing here," said Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat. "Bringing the presidential political campaigns to the halls of Congress is not going to make this any easier...
...them a measure of political cover. In the end such an approach may be the only viable way out of a fine mess that has left markets reeling, the economy on the brink of collapse and Washington looking once again like the dysfunctional place that both Barack Obama and John McCain have pledged to change...
...McCain, John •efforts to extricate self from debate of •50th reunion of Naval Academy class he finished fifth from the bottom in attended by •makes grandiose announcement of suspension of campaign, though all aspects of campaign aside from his personal appearances continue unabated •says he has "not had a chance" in three days to read administration's 2½-page bailout plan •sits quietly during White House meeting he suspended his campaign to attend •suspension of campaigning assessed by Republican strategist as "desperate and nuts...
...members to walk the plank for the proposal without a significant amount of company (and cover) from the other side of the aisle. But hours after Congressional Republicans and Democrats announced the outlines of a deal on Thursday afternoon, House Republicans made clear at the White House gathering with John McCain, Barack Obama and President Bush that they were not on board with the bipartisan plan...