President Bush shakes hands with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, after signing the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Stabenow, Rep. Rob Andrews, D-Ohio., Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the president, Sen. George Voinovich, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson, and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio.