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A board shows the final numbers of the New York Stock Exchange, September 29, 2008. By a vote of 228-to-205 the House of Representatives rejected a compromise plan that would have allowed the Treasury Department to buy up debt from struggling banks. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

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Dark clouds surround the Capitol and not just due to weather..

US Capitol at sunset in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives on Monday dramatically rejected a 700 billion dollar Wall Street bailout plan, sending stocks plunging throwing desperate efforts to calm the US financial crisis into disarray. (AFP/File/Karen Bleier)