This cavalcade of debilitating financial developments must clearly render "dead-on-arrival" any further attempt by President Bush to certify that the former Soviet Union is creditworthy and thus eligible for additional U.S. taxpayer-underwritten credit guarantees or investment insurance (read, Overseas Private Investment Corporation coverage).
Brown-Vitter, like Sanders-Sherman, is dead on arrival given the current political climate, but it will be interesting to see the results if it comes to a vote.