Maryland senators and congressmen, along with their colleagues on Capitol Hill, share common concerns about the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion emergency bailout of financial institutions.

State lawmakers want no blank check for the Treasury secretary without oversight; they want no golden parachutes for executives of troubled firms; they want to see help for Main Street as well as Wall Street, and they want a return to tighter regulation.

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