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House begins vote on passage of bailout bill

WASHINGTON
Fri Oct 3, 2008 1:10pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday began voting on final passage of a $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill.

Barack Obama

The vote is scheduled to take 15 minutes, but House votes often take longer.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan and Kevin Drawbaugh, editing by Jackie Frank)



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