House Majority Leader Hoyer speaks on bailout in Washington

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) speaks on the upcoming Senate vote on the $700 billion financial industry bailout, scheduled to take place later this evening, on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 1, 2008. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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