The Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday is expected to pass a bipartisan measure that creates a $300 billion loan guarantee program to refinance distressed mortgages and slow a rising national tide of foreclosures. A late-hour compromise, reached Monday, is expected to smooth its passage through the full Senate floor and on to President Bush. (McClatchy, Tuesday)
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