BUSH SIGNS BANKRUPTCY REFORM BILL
United States President George W. Bush makes remarks and signs the Bankruptcy Reform Bill in Washington, D.C. on April 20, 2005. From left to right behind President Bush: United States Representative Steve Chabot (Republican from Ohio); Speaker of the United States House of Representatives J. Dennis Hastert (Republican of Illinois); United States Representative James Sensenbrenner (Republican of Wisconsin); United States Senator Charles Grassley (Republican of Iowa); and United States Senator Mitch McConnell (Republican of Kentucky). (UPI Photo/ Ron Sachs / Pool)
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