Source: Pelosi Focusing Bailout Plan on Exec. Pay, Bankruptcy

According to a senior House staffer, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is likely to insist that any Wall Street bailout bill contain two specific items from the Democrats' wish-list: limits on executive compensation, and a measure to protect homeowners by allowing mortgages to be renegotiated in bankruptcy proceedings. Things may not go smoothly on those fronts, however. House Republicans have signaled their firm opposition to executive pay limits. And the Blue Dogs, a faction of fiscally conservative Democrats, may be "uncomfortable" with changing bankruptcy laws, said the staffer. There are a number of Democratic proposals circulating right now aiming to attach strings...

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