The ReviewJournal is reporting Reid says "no blank check" for Wall Street bailout.



Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that Democrats in Congress will not grant President Bush "a blank check" $700 billion financial bailout bill without debate over amendments to "protect taxpayers."



Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, stopped short of saying that Democrats will hold up the bill that most everyone has said is urgent to steady the economy.



"We are prepared to do what is necessary, but we will not let haste abandon good judgment in the process," Reid said.



"The Bush administration has called on Congress to rubber-stamp its bailout legislation without serious debate or efforts to improve it," Reid said. "That will not happen.

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