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Published 1/10/2009 by David Cho and Lori Montgomery at Wash Post Obama Administration
Senior Bush administration officials, consulting with the Obama transition team, have prepared a plan to ask lawmakers for the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package despite intense opposition in Congress, sources familiar with the discussions said.
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