The Democrats, who are backing the bail-out, control only 50 seats (Barack Obama has resigned his seat and his successor has not yet been appointed).

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But with the calls for excluding even large depositors from bail-ins, it also underscores how governments aren't quite ready to hand off control over how to protect their voters' savings, even if it comes at the expense of these voters' taxes.

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