Over in the Lords (from 2.30pm) question time ranges across the Royal Navy's rules of engagement for dealing with pirates, affordable homes in rural areas and opt-outs from European Union legislation.
On the sidelines, however, there is deep scepticism on both left and right - with conservative Republicans objecting to any more bail-outs, and many Democrats asking why we should help Wall Street rather than the four million people whose homes are being foreclosed, or repossessed.