Paulson Prepares Pitch, and Members Listen

September 23, 2008

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson might be the weakened Bush administration’s only hope for selling Congress this week on a historic $700 billion bailout of U.S. financial institutions. But even President Bush’s best — and perhaps sole — economic salesman will test his credibility before a willful Democratic majority that is eyeing the unpopular president’s departure.

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