Washington tries to contain chaos from Silicon Valley Bank’s failure

Customers form a line outside a Silicon Valley Bank branch location in Wellesley, Mass. Federal regulators are looking for a buyer or buyers for the failed bank. (AP Photos)

NEW YORK — Can Washington come to the rescue of the depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank? Is it even politically possible?

That was one of the growing questions in Washington on Sunday as policymakers tried to figure out whether the U.S. government — and its taxpayers — should bail out a failed bank that largely served Silicon Valley, with all its wealth and power.