AFP - The government economic rescue plan presented by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is "not acceptable" in its current state, Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd said Tuesday.

AP - Gulf Coast officials asked lawmakers on Tuesday for fast federal money for hurricane recovery and a minimum of bureaucratic red tape.

AP - Some quotes from Tuesday's Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Bush administration's $700 billion plan to bail out the financial industry.

AP - As Congress rushed to stop a meltdown in the U.S. financial market, the Senate's senior Republican told a federal judge Tuesday that he might need to skip out of his corruption trial from time to time this week.

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday the Pentagon may be able to send thousands more combat troops to Afghanistan starting next spring, but he also pointedly cautioned against overdoing a military buildup in a country offended by the presence of foreign forces.

Reuters - The leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee rejected the Bush administration's Wall Street bailout plan on Tuesday but left room for negotiation about the proposal that would have the federal government buy up to $700 billion in soured investments.

AP - Some Senate Banking Committee members' descriptions of the Bush administration's $700 billion proposal to bail out the financial industry.

AP - A U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement moved closer to approval by Congress on Tuesday but still faces hurdles.