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No House vote Thursday on bailout bill: aides

WASHINGTON
Thu Oct 2, 2008 5:23pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will not schedule a vote for Thursday on a huge financial industry bailout bill, senior House Democratic aides said.

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While House leaders are hoping to bring the $700 billion bill to the House on Friday, they did not give any further details on the floor schedule for the rest of the week.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan)



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