Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, followed by Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd.
According to govtack.us, "Barney Frank has sponsored 256 bills since Jan 5, 1993, of which 228 haven't made it out of committee and 4 were successfully enacted."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to her weekly press conference. As lawmakers who initially voted against the measure slowly began changing their votes, there was an increasing sense of optimism that the bill would pass.
Pelosi happily displays the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 during a press conference Friday after the House voted 263 to 171 in favor of the measure.
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