A strange hope to have
Chairman of the House Financial Services Barney Frank (D-Mass.) explains the functions of the bailout bill and what will happen once Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson uses almost $700 billion to buy mortgage-backed securities and what the “strange hope” that the U.S. taxpayer should have for those holdings. (1:10)
October 3, 2008
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