Today, the Bush administration sketched out a multi-faceted effort to confront the financial crisis.  The program could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars to buy up bad mortgages and other toxic debt that has unhinged Wall Street, reports the AP.

Bush acknowledged that the program will put a “significant amount of taxpayers’ money on the line.”

The administration is asking Congress to grant them the ability to execute the plan.

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