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Enjoying Those Girl Scout Cookies?

S. 451 would require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
Mmmmm. Mint.

Senate to Vote on Bailout

Sources say the Senate will vote on a version of the financial services bailout legislation tonight (Wednesday).

Bailout Text

The text of the bailout legislation is below. This comes from a version posted by the L.A. Times that says “discussion draft,” but it has the same file name as the bill posted on the House Speaker’s Web site, so I believe this is the bill that will be considered in the House tomorrow. [Update: [...]

Your Liability for the Bailout: $2,000 – Your Debt: $37,000

[Update: New bailout text is here. Spending under the new language is likely to be roughly the same. See discussion here.]
The text of bailout legislation that might pass through Congress this coming week is circulating on the blogs (and reliable sources too . . .). I’ve taken it and done a little analysis, [...]