yes,”$100 billion at the discretion of Mr. Bush” was left out of the final printed version of the NYTimes article about the bailout “BUSH SIGNS BILL” but if you look online at the original article via TruthOut:
The final agreement called for the $700 billion to be disbursed in parts: $250 billion at first, to get the program started, followed by $100 billion at the discretion of Mr. Bush and the remaining $350 billion upon request of the Treasury with Congress empowered to block the last installment by acting within 15 days.
http://www.truthout.org/100308R
That’s our going away present to Dubya.
