WASHINGTON (AP) - Scrambling for a swift deal on the US$700 billion bailout for failing financial firms, crucial Democrats and Bush administration officials agreed Monday to include mortgage help for beleaguered homeowners but wrangled over other issues that included unprecedented help for executives who would benefit from the rescue.
Democrats demanded the measure limit pay packages for executives of companies helped by the biggest financial rescue since the Great Depression.
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