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By Richard Beales
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US Treasury secretary Hank Paulson, backed by US president George W. Bush, presented Congress with a brief outline of proposed legislation authorizing him to spend $700bn buying mortgage-related debt from troubled financial institutions to stabilize the financial system.
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