The original Bill was three pages long ... the Senate Bill is about 400 pages.
I bet the latter consists of the original 3 pages (with maybe some words and numbers changed) plus 397 pages of "get-out clauses" so that everyone involved can point to one of them to prove he/she was right the first time round, and that the new bill is both different from, and better than the original.

Whether it will be adequate remains to be seen.

It's just after midnight GMT as I write, and I haven't heard if the bill has passed yet. But I noticed as I checked NPR's website that some economist says that mor-tgages might not have been the cause of the problem, but American borrowings from abroad. Hmmm. We in Britain might agree. After all, we've nearly lost 3 banks because they lent to America and in return took an interest in American sub-prime mor-tgages!

<Note to the Ops> I know you've banned the word "s o c i a l i s t" because you hate me, but why on earth is "M o r t g a g e s" censored?