Fred Business News  -After failing to approve an omninbus housing rescue package this week, the Senate is scheduled take up the bipartisan-supported bill again the week of July 7.

 

What dragged the bill down this week had little to do with the substance of foreclosure relief. Instead it was stymied by a procedural maneuver on Wednesday by Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., who is pushing a series of energy tax breaks, and a backlog of legislation that the Senate was scrambling to complete before its July 4 recess.

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