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Ramstad's sweet tooth

Posted at 10:28 PM on October 1, 2008 by Tom Scheck

It appears that the White House and Congressional leaders may have found its sweetener to get GOP Rep. Jim Ramstad's to reconsider his vote on the $700 billion rescue package for the financial services industry. Mental health parity (along with tax breaks and an increase in the amount of bank deposits covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp). was added to the package.

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