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Sen. Max Baucus, R-Mont., left, and Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., right, listen as Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., makes remarks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before the presidential and congressional elections.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)