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Congress approves bailout package

Source: ABC News
Published: Saturday, October 4, 2008 5:55 AEST
Expires: Friday, January 2, 2009 5:55 AEST

The United States House of Representatives has given the green light to the amended $US700 billion bailout package.

Tags: consumer-protection, economic-trends, world-politics, united-states

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