So, since republicans held out on this, they'll end up getting what they wanted on any final bill

[bigtree]

. . . just to get it passed.


" . . . for two days they demanded additional tax cuts so that banks and other institutions could buy up the bad assets rather than the government. Of course, that meant that they would also benefit from any increase in value to those assets."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-rosen/did-john-mccain-help-main_b_130081.html?view=print


at the same time,

". . . they're fighting provisions that had been sought by Democrats, including funding for an affordable housing trust fund and a provision that would let bankruptcy judges modify mortgages for bankrupt homeowners."
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSWBT00986320080927

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. And sadly they will fall for it

the other choice is a 100% bill, or just step away from the table

But they will not do that