Here Comes The Bailout...Sunday Night Finances
The draft bill, titled the "Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008," follows days of legislative wrangling over
a $700 billion plan proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as
U.S. financial markets teetered on the edge of a collapse triggered by
the U.S. mortgage crisis.
The bill will be
introduced in the House of Representatives Monday morning and then head
to the Senate, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
"This isn't about a
bailout of Wall Street, it's a buy-in so we can turn our economy
around," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a press
conference announcing the agreement.
The draft
legislation would authorize $250 billion immediately, with another $100
billion upon presidential certification. A further $350 billion would
also be available subject to congressional approval.