Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday he expected a "very tight" vote when the amended 700 billion U.S. dollar Wall Street bailout went before the U.S. House of Representatives.
"This is still very tight, and I think we've got to watch very carefully what happens in the day or so ahead," he told reporters in Brisbane, adding this was still "going to be a very tight vote."
"I note also, what the Speaker, Mrs Pelosi, has had to say about her stated intention of not taking the bill ... to the House of Representatives for a vote until she's confident the numbers are there for its passage," Australian Associated Press quoted the prime minister as saying.
"The passage of this measure is really important for the stabilisation of the US financial markets, which is really important for the stabilization of global financial markets, which is really important for un-freezing credit worldwide," he added.
Source: Xinhua
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