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Date Added: June 18, 2008 06:16:02 PM

U.S. Senate leaders have agreed to a bipartisan bill to establish a $300 billion rescue fund for troubled mortgages and a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, lawmakers said on Tuesday.

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