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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., ...

(AP) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:31:24 GMT

(AP) - 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)

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., ...

(AP) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:31:01 GMT

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., ...

(AP) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:30:45 GMT

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., ...

(AP) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:25:23 GMT

In this July 16, 2008 file photo, Republican presidential candidate ...

(AP) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:56:11 GMT

(AP) - In this July 16, 2008 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., holds his microphone as he listens to an audience question at the NAACP Annual Convention in Cincinnati. If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already: Obama soars, McCain struggles. Both use a teleprompter, but you can only tell with one of them. McCain's discomfort makes him authentic, and that's one reason it's not game over. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Marine One helicopter with U.S. President George W. Bush ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:52:22 GMT

(Reuters) - The Marine One helicopter with U.S. President George W. Bush on board arrives at the White House in Washington July 22, 2008. Bush flew to Georgia to attend a Republican party fundraiser. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES)

U.S. President George W. Bush walks on the South Lawn of the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:35:52 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington July 22, 2008. Bush flew to Georgia to attend a Republican party fundraiser. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES)

U.S. President George W. Bush poses with Freedom Corps volunteer ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:03:36 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush poses with Freedom Corps volunteer Sherri Goggin upon his arrival at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Atlanta, GA, July 22, 2008. Bush is on a daytrip to Georgia to attend a Republican party fundraiser. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd R) hands a gift basket to ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:01:53 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd R) hands a gift basket to his special assistant Jared Weinstein after it was given to Bush by Freedom Corps volunteer Sherri Goggin (R) upon his arrival at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Atlanta, GA, July 22, 2008. Bush is on a daytrip to Georgia to attend a Republican party fundraiser. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

U.S. President George W. Bush waves from the steps of Air Force ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:57:36 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush waves from the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, July 22, 2008. Bush flew to Georgia to attend a Republican party fundraiser. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

T. Boone Pickens, right, talks with Senate Homeland Security ...

(AP) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:21:02 GMT

(AP) - T. Boone Pickens, right, talks with Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2008, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on his energy plan. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In this May 16, 2008, file photo, Republican presidential candidate ...

(AP) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:38:30 GMT

(AP) - In this May 16, 2008, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks with his director of Foreign Policy and National Security Randy Scheunemann, as they board McCain's chartered plane at Washington's Ronald Reagan Airport. According to records on file with Congress, Scheunemann has lobbied the National Security Council, Congress and the State Department on behalf of Stephen Payne, the Texas businessman and longtime Republican fundraiser caught up in a controversy over whether he sought to sell access to the Bush White House. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Construction crews hired by the Republican party get a briefing ...

(AP) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:02:14 GMT

(AP) - Construction crews hired by the Republican party get a briefing at the Xcel Energy Center before they began the retrofitting of the hockey arena Monday, July 21, 2008 for the Republican National Convention which begins Sept. 1 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Workers begin removing some of the seats at the Xcel Energy ...

(AP) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:56:48 GMT

(AP) - Workers begin removing some of the seats at the Xcel Energy Center where crews hired by the Republican Party began retrofitting the hockey arena Monday, July 21, 2008 for the Republican National Convention which begins Sept. 1 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Supplies are delivered to the floor of the Xcel Energy Center ...

(AP) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:56:03 GMT

(AP) - Supplies are delivered to the floor of the Xcel Energy Center where crews hired by the Republican Party began retrofitting the hockey arena Monday, July 21, 2008 for the Republican National Convention which begins Sept. 1 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

US Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain, seen ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:47:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - US Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain, seen here in March 2008, said Monday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama will see during his trip to Iraq that he was wrong to oppose the troop "surge" strategy.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)

Workers on the floor prepare the stage and lighting for a Neil ...

(AP) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:46:53 GMT

(AP) - Workers on the floor prepare the stage and lighting for a Neil Diamond concert Wednesday, July 16, 2008 as GOP convention president, Maria Cino, talks with a reporter at the Xcel Energy Center, site of the upcoming Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Workers on the floor prepare the stage and lighting for a Neil ...

(AP) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:46:52 GMT

In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, is the Xcel Energy Center ...

(AP) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:46:40 GMT

(AP) - In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, is the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., where the Republican National Convention will be held in September 2008. (AP Photo/Jim Mone,file)

Jeff Larson, host committee chief executive officer for the ...

(AP) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:46:40 GMT

(AP) - Jeff Larson, host committee chief executive officer for the Republican National Convention, speaks about the upcoming convention in his St. Paul, Minn., office Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The GOP host committee has met all of its fundraising benchmarks and is well on its way to meeting its goal of $58 million. 'We're going to make sure our donors get in front of all the right people and the media, to get plenty of exposure,' Larson said. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks on behalf of U.S. House ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:58:03 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush speaks on behalf of U.S. House Republican candidate Peter Olson (L) as he arrives on the tarmac at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas July 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)

Philip Doenges poses outside his apartment in Indianapolis, ...

(AP) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:10:49 GMT

(AP) - Philip Doenges poses outside his apartment in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 17, 2008. While overall interest in the presidential campaign has swelled since last fall, backers of Barack Obama are more fired up and express more loyalty to their candidate than McCain's do, a poll by The Associated Press and Yahoo News showed Friday. In addition, individual groups backing Obama — African-Americans, Democrats and liberals — are more enthusiastic than whites, Republicans and conservatives, who are more aligned with McCain, the GOP senator from Arizona. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Barack Obama supporter John Douglas poses in the living room ...

(AP) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:10:17 GMT

(AP) - Barack Obama supporter John Douglas poses in the living room of his Villa Rica, Ga., home, Thursday, July 17, 2008. While overall interest in the presidential campaign has swelled since last fall, backers of Barack Obama are more fired up and express more loyalty to their candidate than McCain's do, a poll by The Associated Press and Yahoo News showed Friday. In addition, individual groups backing Obama — African-Americans, Democrats and liberals — are more enthusiastic than whites, Republicans and conservatives, who are more aligned with McCain, the GOP senator from Arizona. (AP Photo)

President George W. Bush exits Marine One heading to Air Force ...

(AP) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:55:25 GMT

(AP) - President George W. Bush exits Marine One heading to Air Force One at Travis Air Force Base after attending a Republican Party reception in Napa, Thursday, July 17, 2008 in Fairfield, Calif. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)

President George W. Bush waves goodbye from Air Force One at ...

(AP) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:55:11 GMT

(AP) - President George W. Bush waves goodbye from Air Force One at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., heading to Arizona after attending a Republican Party reception in Napa, Thursday, July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:37:04 GMT

(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) addresses supporters during a campaign stop at the NAACP National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 2008. REUTERS/John Sommers II

Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Greg ...

(AP) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:35:17 GMT

(AP) - Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Greg Goode, of Indiana, right, talks about his visit to Alaska's North Slope and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska Thursday, July 17, 2008. Seven Republican candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives visited Alaska's Arctic and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on a fact-finding tour this week focusing on how Alaska's potential oil and gas recourses can offer a solution to the national energy crisis. Gov. Sarah Palin, left, listens. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

Wealthy Americans are hiding about 1.5 trillion dollars in overseas ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:34:38 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Wealthy Americans are hiding about 1.5 trillion dollars in overseas tax havens in a "deceptive" partnership with top foreign banks such as UBS, resulting in 100 billion dollars in lost US tax revenue, a congressional probe was told. The offshore tax evasion problem faced by the US is of "staggering proportions," said Republican Senator Norm Coleman, a leading member in the investigation panel.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:26:55 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at the 99th annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at the Duke Energy Center on July 16, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama raised a huge 52 million dollars in June, more than double the haul of McCain in the same month, his campaign said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:24:02 GMT

(AP) - Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at the NAACP Annual Convention held at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President George W. Bush (R) and Vice President Dick Cheney ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:17:44 GMT

(Reuters) - President George W. Bush (R) and Vice President Dick Cheney meet Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, January 29, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young

Supporters watch Republican presidential candidate Senator John ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:54:16 GMT

(Reuters) - Supporters watch Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on a large screen during a campaign stop at the NAACP National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 2008. REUTERS/John Sommers II (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:47:25 GMT

(AP) - Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during the NAACP Annual Convention held at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. McCain said that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Presumtive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:45:23 GMT

(AP) - Presumtive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain speaks at the annual NAACP national convention, Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in Cincinnati. McCain said Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)