• US lawmakers reject $700 billion bailout plan
• Panic grips world's markets
• Obama pitches plan to amend bailout bill
• Stiglitz: Current bailout approach would help Wall Street, but not the real economy
• Justice Dept. inquiry ties lawyer firings to politics
• Iglesias: Information on My Firing "Is Going to Have to Be Forced Out of the Administration"
• White House, DOJ, Domenici Stonewalled IG on Iglesias Firing
• Nora Dannehy Named Prosecutor in U.S. Attorney Firing Probe
• GOP in Disarray, Won't Follow McCain
• Two NRA Lobbyists Working for McCain; Do They Violate Campaign Rules?
• Renewable Energy's Fate in Congress' Hands
• Obama lead grows after strong debate ratings
• Vote totals likely to be rigged in Illinois, Colorado and Kentucky
• Revealed: Bush had NO plan to catch Osama bin Laden after 9/11
• McCain has another "McCain Moment"
• The surge is working; Gen. David Petraeus is forced to admit that there has been a precipitous "spiral downwards" in parts of Afghanistan
• Republican IT consultant Michael S. Connell has been subpoenaed in case alleging tampering with 2004 election
More bailout meltdown below the fold. More headlines at the Newswire.
• Two-Minute Obama Ad Blasts Failure of Trickle-Down Economics
• Report: Gingrich Stabbed Boehner in Back, Whipped GOP Opposition to Bailout
• Banks, Lenders Hoarding Cash Worldwide
• BUSTED! Mussolini style management in action — Treasury Department held a privileged conference call late Sunday evening for analysts on the bailout bill
• Bailout bill slapped aside as public, pols on both side of the aisle rebel against Bush, Paulson, investor class
• Bush Sidesteps Congress? $630 Billion to Be Pumped into Economy Despite House Bailout Rejection
• House Kills Bailout; Uncertainty Reigns
• Issue one: Are you better off than you were eight years ago?
• Following bailout failure, Dow has worst point drop ever
• House rejects bailout bill, markets tumble
• WSJ: Failed Bailout Bill a Massive Setback" for Bush Administration"