House bailout efforts minute by minute

Sep. 29, 2008
11:36 A.M.: The Los Angeles Times reports that the White House lobbied Republicans right up until the vote, in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to overcome Republican objections to the bailout: "Right up until the roll call, Bush, Cheney and Paulson and industry groups called skeptical...
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