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Legislation giving the federal government broad authority to deal with troubled financial institutions–including insurers–passed the House Financial Services Committee last week on a tight 31-27 vote.

The language of the Financial Stability Improvement Act, H.R. 3996, reflected the impact of the near collapse of American International Group and the government's need to bail out that insurance conglomerate last year.

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