The report from ABC. Here are some highlights:
Earlier today Paulson walked into the room where Democrats were caucusing, and pleaded with them ‘please don’t blow this up,’ Stephanopoulos reports.
House Financial services Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., was livid, saying ‘Don’t say that to us after all we’ve been through!’
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Staff members of the Senate Banking Committee released an “agreement of principles” to reporters at the White House, as the meeting with Bush, Congressional leaders, and the presidential candidates got under way….Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, emerged from the White House meeting to tell reporters he is unhappy with agreement.
“It’s flawed from the beginning,” Shelby said…”That agreement is obviously no agreement.”
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The Obama campaign issued a schedule with the Mississippi debate on it for Friday.Republican lawmakers have suggested they welcome McCain’s move [to suspend his campaign].
“We need all hands on deck to get this done,” [House Minority Leader John] Boehner told reporters
