US Democratic Representative of Illinois Rahm Emanuel (R) whispers in the ear of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on October 3, 2008 after the House of Representatives approved the revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout bill, bowing to intense pressure to help avert a global economic meltdown. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29, 228 votes to 205, voted 263 to 171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

US Democratic Representative of Illinois Rahm Emanuel (R) whispers in the ear of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on October 3, 2008 after the House of Representatives approved the revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout bill, bowing to intense pressure to help avert a global economic meltdown. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29, 228 votes to 205, voted 263 to 171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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