Photo: #House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, right, listens to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak to the news media Monday after the House failed to pass the $700 billion bailout plan, 205-228.
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, right, listens to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak to the news media Monday after the House failed to pass the $700 billion bailout plan, 205-228. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Campaign 2008

Candidates search for answers on the economy

Broadcast: Midmorning, 09/30/2008, 9:06 a.m.

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain's top economic advisor addresses the intense economic pressures facing the candidates in this campaign, and the bipartisan struggle to settle on a bailout plan.

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  • Douglas Holtz-Eakin: Economic advisor to the McCain campaign and former director of the Congressional Budget Office.
  • Lakshman Achuthan: Managing director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute.
  • Catharine Richert: Reporter, Congressional Quarterly.

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