Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., right, take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 23,2008, to discuss President Bush's decision to support the housing bill. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Rescue legislation sailed through the House Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and to prevent troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from collapsing.

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