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In what is a clear sign that Congressional Democrats know they will be in serious trouble if American voters would find out just how big a role they played in the financial crisis, and especially in the downfall of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Congressional Oversight Committee refused to...  

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday that he will hold hearings into the failure...  

In a Sept. 9 E-R letter, MaryLou Johnson took Cynthia Tucker to task for "Not doing her homework" on S190, which sought additional oversight of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.  

Seventeen. That's how many times, according to this White House statement (hat tip Gateway Pundit ), that the Bush administration has called for tighter regulation of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congress has cooperated only once. In spring 2007, as...  

Two to go -- for now. Results from the much discussed Fannie and Freddie CDS auction are in: Fannie Mae Senior -91.51% Fannie Mae Subordinated - 99.90% Freddie Mac Senior - 94.00% Freddie Mac Subordinated - 98.00% The price (recovery value) was better than that predicted by the likes of JP...  

Obama's two economic advisors are former Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac CEO's who may have pulled strings to give Obama a "heads up" on the recent government bail-out plan.  

And it's about time. Here's McCain, from a speech today in Albuquerque : My opponent has invited serious questioning by announcing a few weeks ago that he would quote -- "take off the gloves." Since then, ...  

He told Americans that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the ones responsible for the economic crisis -- and that both gave Obama oodles of campaign money. Obama didn't roll over, though, noting that one of Fannie Mae's lobbyists actually...  

McCain just went after Obama's ties to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, especially the campaign contributions Obama has received from their employees. What was missing? McCain mentioning the ties his own campaign manager had to both Fannie and Freddie ...  

To the editor: A short version of the country's financial crisis that I wrote for my ninth-grade history class: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went on a hike without their pack. Oh, how they almost lost their way, When some of their customers couldn't pay, the government came along and sang them this...  

In fact Republican Senator Chuck Hagel (Nebraska) was the one who initiated the effort and fought for regulation of mortgage underwriters in 2005. ...  

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could possibly sell some bad assets to the U.S. Treasury, according to a media report. James Lockhart, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) which now oversees the two companies, gave a television interview to C-SPAN. Read More Now  

Senator John McCain, trailing Senator Barack Obama by as much as 6%-8% in the most recent polls, decided on Monday to do what many conservative and other supports in the media and blogosphere argued for days: take the gloves off. According to these individuals, McCain’s reluctance to use Obama’s...  

"This corruption was encouraged by Democrats in Congress and abetted by Senator Obama."  

Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Regulators plan to reduce capital requirements for banks holding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt and mortgage bonds, potentially freeing up more money for loans.