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Bush signs the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 in Washington

(L to R) Rep Jim McCrery (R-LA), Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) congratulate each other after the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 was signed by U.S. President George W. Bush in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on December 20, 2007. The act is an attempt by Congress and the Bush administration to stave off the effects of the sub-prime mortgage crisis which continues threaten the U.S. economy. (UPI Photo/Chip Somodevilla/POOL)

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