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Democrats wants pay limits, loan aid in bailout

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-22 23:42

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are proposing to add government help for homeowners and limits on executive compensation to the government's $700 billion financial bailout of Wall Street.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to reporters after members of Congress met with SEC Chairman Chris Cox, third from left, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, fourth from left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, right, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Washington. [Agencies]

A draft of the plan obtained Monday by The Associated Press shows that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd also wants the government to get a stake in the companies helped by the unprecedented rescue.

The measure would end the program at the end of next year, instead of creating a two-year initiative as the Bush administration has requested. It also would add layers of congressional oversight, including an emergency board to keep an eye on the program with two House and Senate appointees.