The leader of the Democrats in the US House of Representatives said he saw a ‘excellent prospect’ that the $700billion financial industry bail-out bill will be passed this week. But the bill has been attacked by one of the world’s most powerful financiers, who called the bail-out ‘ill-conceived’. Maryland Democrat and House Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters the bill, passed by the Council on Wednesday, will clear the House of Representatives this week. ‘I reckon there’s a excellent prospect of getting that done tomorrow’, with changes to the bill described as ‘possible, not probable’. Hoyer said he did not reckon a significant number of the Democrats who voted for an earlier version of the bill, which the House rejected on Monday, would change their ‘yes’ votes to ‘no’ on the Council version. ‘I reckon it is going to be minimal,’ Hoyer said when questioned whether monetarily conservative Democrats force abandon the legislation. He reiterated that Republican leaders needed to deliver many more votes for the package than they did on Monday. Roughly two thirds of Republicans in the House voted against the bill on Monday. But George Soros, the billionaire shareholder who made a fortune when the pound fell on Black Wednesday in 1992, claimed the huge economic rescue plot will take America down really the incorrect track. A revamped version of President Bush’s bail-out plot with $100billion in extra tax breaks was approved by 75 votes to 25 in the Council in the early hours. But Mr Soros said: ‘The …