Taxpayers May Be Liable From Bear, Mortgage Rescue

'Even as the Bush administration insists it won't risk public funds in a bailout, American taxpayers may already be liable for billions of dollars stemming from Federal Reserve and Treasury efforts to quell a financial crisis.'

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"Americans are being asked to back a brand new kind of transaction, to the tune of tens of billions of dollars," Baucus said in a statement.

"Economic times are tight on Main Street as well as on Wall Street, and we have a responsibility to all taxpayers to review the details of this deal."