In this climate such a bill could pass unanimously.  The problem would be in the details.  This will remain the case unless and until they reform campaign finance.  A start could be to revoke the right of corporations and individuals to make campaign contributions for, say, 10 years after receiving a government bail out.  Then Congress would have to enact public financing just to cover the hole in their campaign budgets. (I read hints that loss of contributions from bankrupt firms was one of the dire consequences with which congress was presented on Thursday night by Paulson and Bernanke.)

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."