WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Barney Frank, a high ranking Democrat, said he is convinced that by Sunday lawmakers will reach a deal on the proposed $700 billion bailout of the nation’s financial system.

House Republicans are sending Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri to bailout negotiations at the Capitol.

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… Paulson said Sunday that the nation’s credit markets remain frozen and Congress must move quickly to pass a $700 billion bailout package for financial firms. But key Democrats said …

House Republicans are sending Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri to bailout negotiations at the Capitol.

Another Democratic source close to the negotiations told CNN it seems likely that the Senate might not vote on any bailout bill until Wednesday, though Sunday night is still a possibility.

The source said when a plan is reached, Congress will not authorize a full $700 billion expenditure at once. Instead it will be broken into a series of smaller transactions. The amount of the initial allotment continues to change, the source told CNN.

The talks had stalled after House Republicans said they couldn’t go along with plans devised by the White House. Later, congressional leaders on both sides said they would send representatives to take part in negotiations.

Staff level negotiations on the bailout plan are ongoing, though lawmakers said they would not be working through the night on Friday.

Frank, the House Financial Services Committee chairman, said despite some setbacks, he believes a Sunday deal is likely.

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… Paulson said Sunday that the nation’s credit markets remain frozen and Congress must move quickly to pass a $700 billion bailout package for financial firms. But key Democrats said …

"We’re back on the progress track. We had a little bit of a glitch yesterday," Frank said. "Now that Sen. McCain is safely in Mississippi, we can get back to serious work. I am convinced that by Sunday we will have an agreement on this bill that people will understand."

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Negotiations continued Friday with some Republicans cautioning against what some called a rush to judgment on the $700 billion bailout.

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Rep. Ted Poe of Texas said the "politics of fear" permeate the issue.

"We’ve been asked to rush to judgment on this," he said at a news conference. "The politics of fear seem to be everywhere in the capital this week — ‘we have to get this done by a deadline.’ I think not. I don’t think that the American taxpayer should have a financial gun put to their head," he said.

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A letter from Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, outlined the economic rescue principles that the working group came up with and asked that the House give them "serious consideration." It called for Wall Street to pay for the recovery by injecting private capital — not taxpayer dollars — into the financial markets.

Easing tax laws would prompt investors to put in their own dollars, they said.

The plan also calls for participating firms to disclose the value of the mortgage assets on their books, an end to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s securing "unsound mortgages," a review of the performance of the credit rating agencies and audits by the Securities and Exchange Commission of failed companies to ensure their financial standing was accurately portrayed.

"People need to know that we’re going to be OK," Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said at the GOP news conference. "It’s going to be all right. It’s OK to take a long, prudent look at a proper solution."

Earlier in the day, after a series of breakdowns in bailout talks, House Republicans had said they would not take part in Friday’s negotiations. They later said they were sending Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, their No. 2 leader, to the talks at the Capitol.

The other three negotiators are Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Connecticut; Sen. Judd Gregg, R-New Hampshire; and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts.

Financial markets dropped Friday morning in reaction to news that talks had broken down Thursday night, giving new impetus to Friday afternoon’s four-party talks, Gregg said.

"They’re telling us we better do something, and they’re telling us in pretty stark terms," Gregg said of the financial markets.

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