U.S.House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi signs the financial rescue package bill in Washington, Oct. 3, 2008. The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a revised 700 billion dollar bailout plan, authorizing the U.S. government the largest financial intervention since the Great Depression. The financial bailout package was passed by a vote of 263-171. The Senate passed the measure earlier in the week on a bipartisan vote of 74-25. [Xinhua]