WASHINGTON (AP) — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the

(Peter Howe, NECN) - The House has passed legislation that allows the government to bail out the two mortgage backers. And the measure is on track to pass

President Bush will sign into law a housing rescue bill hammered out in a compromise among House and Senate leaders, the White House said Wednesday.

The biggest action on Capitol Hill this week is expected to come from the House, which is scheduled to take up a landmark mortgage-rescue bill Wednesday.

Washington - The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed major legislation aimed at limiting the economic fallout from the US housing crisis and