U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) answers questions during a news conference, about the failure of a bill to provide a bailout for the current financial and banking crisis, on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 29, 2008. The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday rejected a Wall Street bailout bill that would have authorized the Treasury Department to spend up to $700 billion to purchase soured mortgage-backed assets from banks with the goal of jump-starting stalled capital markets. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)