WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday the presidential candidates' presence in Washington helped push lawmakers forward on the economic crisis.
McConnell, R-Ky., met with reporters to announce he designated Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., as the Senate Republicans' negotiator in discussions between lawmakers and the Bush administration on the $700 billion bailout plan for the U.S. financial system.