JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and DAVID ESPO
Associated Press
September 27, 2008
House Democrats say the idea of letting judges rewrite mortgages to help bankrupt homeowners avoid foreclosure won’t be a part of the $700 billion financial industry bailout.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told Democrats at a closed-door meeting Friday evening the provision would be a deal-breaker for Republicans who she has said must deliver substantial votes for the rescue plan. That’s according to several lawmakers who attended the session.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama had said earlier that the measure didn’t belong in the bailout.
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