Full text of the bailout bill (subject to revision) + Summary (updated)

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Updated: Oct 1, 2008

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008
Oct 1, 2008

The latest version of package legislation which includes the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act can be found here: Click link

For one-page summary of the EESA: Click link

For section-by-section analysis of the EESA: Click link

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Los Angeles Times
1:27 PM, September 28, 2008

The House Financial Services Committee has released a draft of the financial-system bailout bill — all 110 pages.

Go here (it’s in PDF format).

Just keep in mind that many of the details of the bill still are under discussion, and may be changed before the final version is sent to the House for a vote (expected on Monday).

You won’t find the word “bailout” in the bill’s title, of course. The working title is the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.”

Full text of the bailout bill (subject to revision) | Money & Company | Los Angeles Times.

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Bailout Text Summary

Paul Kedrosky

http://paul.kedrosky.com

Here is summary text of the bailout agreement, via Nancy Pelosi’s office. Boasting about cutting the Paulson $350-billion is specious, as is crowing about the Democrats requiring reforms. I hate politics.

REINVEST, REIMBURSE, REFORM

IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL RESCUE LEGISLATION

Significant bipartisan work has built consensus around dramatic improvements to the original Bush-Paulson plan to stabilize American financial markets — including cutting in half the Administration’s initial request for $700 billion and requiring Congressional review for any future commitment of taxpayers’ funds. If the government loses money, the financial industry will pay back the taxpayers.

3 Phases of a Financial Rescue with Strong Taxpayer Protections

* Reinvest in the troubled financial markets … to stabilize our economy and insulate Main Street from Wall Street

* Reimburse the taxpayer … through ownership of shares and appreciation in the value of purchased assets

* Reform business-as-usual on Wall Street … strong Congressional oversight and no golden parachutes

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Paul Kedrosky: Bailout Text Summary.

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