►Candidates Seek Changes In Wall Street Rescue Plan - The Washington Post
SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 21 -- Both presidential candidates called Sunday for speedy, bipartisan consideration of the Bush administration's $700 billion economic rescue proposal. But Republican John McCain complained that the plan gives too much power to the Treasury secretary, and Democrat Barack Obama cautioned that any final deal must offer protection to taxpayers and homeowners as well as to Wall Street.
McCain is concerned that the White House plan does not contain enough oversight of Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., or of his eventual successor. Even so, McCain did not say he would oppose it. Continue reading here.
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