>Where can I get information on who actually wrote/proposed the bill? Was it indeed written by the democrats? I have somebody telling me that the Republican Secretary of the Treasury wrote it.

He did. Here is a link --

The Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., who was the main architect of the financial rescue plan, said he would continue to work with Congressional leaders “to find a way forward to pass a comprehensive plan to stabilize our financial system and protect the American people.” He added, “This is much too important to simply let fail.”