WASHINGTON: After one spectacular failure, the US$700bil financial industry bailout found a second life on Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.
Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and sweeteners designed to make the legislation more palatable to voters before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before the presidential and congressional elections.
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