We are now hearing the United States has a dire emergency and if Congress doesn't act immediately we will face some sort of Economic Armageddon the world has never seen before, which of course they cannot describe.

Rep. John Boehner:

The Most serious crisis the World Has Ever Dealt With

^{(Wasn't that the Black Plague or maybe WWII?)}

Here is Senator Chris Dodd saying Hank Paulson should be given the authority, absolute: