Before D.C. Gets Our Money, It Owes Us Some Answers  —  Watching Washington rush to throw taxpayer money at Wall Street has been sobering and a little frightening.  —  We are being told Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has a plan which will shift $700 billion in obligations from private companies to the taxpayer.

Big Financiers Start Lobbying for Wider Aid  —  Even as policy makers worked on details of a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, Wall Street began looking for ways to profit from it.  —  Financial firms were lobbying to have all manner of troubled investments covered, not just those related to mortgages.

Yes, There Are Deeply Angry Democratic Members of Congress  —  This email is from a lawmaker and it should give you a flavor for what's going on right now in Congress.

Obama: No blank check for Wall St  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - In his first comments about a $700 billion government bailout package meant to help stabilize Wall Street, Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday stopped short of saying whether he supports the proposal, as he laid out some broad economic goals he believes such a plan should include.

Palin draws largest crowd yet for GOP  —  Sarah Palin tonight attracted the largest crowd yet to any Republican campaign event this cycle, drawing tens of thousands of Floridians out in a conservative-leaning retirement community north of Orlando for a solo rally.

Fed Allows Goldman, Morgan Stanley to Become Banks  —  Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley will become banks regulated by the Federal Reserve, after tight credit markets forced Wall Street's two remaining independent investment banks to widen their sources of funding.