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House OKs rescue plan
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe House approved a sweeping plan Wednesday to ease the most serious housing crisis since the Great Depression by providing aid to homeowners facing foreclosure and a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In a...Tags: Political Candidates, Marketing, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain
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Billions on the way in housing bailout
The Associated PressRescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 272-152 vote reflected a congressional push...Tags: Political Candidates, Miramar, Boca Raton, Richard Shelby, Ron Klein
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Housing bill heads to Senate; Bush withdraws veto threat
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe House approved a sweeping plan Wednesday to ease the country's most serious housing crisis since the Great Depression by providing aid to homeowners facing foreclosure and a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....Tags: Corporate Officers, Marketing, Barack Obama, Santa Clarita (Los Angeles, California), Maxine Waters
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House approves bill that aims to help strapped homeowners facing foreclosure
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) _ Rescue legislation sailed through the House Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and to prevent troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from collapsing. The 272-152 vote reflected a...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, Financial and Business Services, State Budgets, Foreclosures
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Obama claims he's on banking committee
The Swampby Katie Fretland Barack Obama today boasted about a bill in "my committee,'' a committee on which he has no seat. While speaking to the press in the Israeli town of Sderot, Obama mistakenly put the U.S. Senate banking committee......Tags: Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Tom Lantos, Barack Obama, Parliament
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Fannie and Freddie, hardball experts
The Swampby Frank James If you want to read a disturbing tale of how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac used their clout in Washington to try to brush back their critics like pitchers throwing at the heads of batters, check out......Tags: Lobbying, Freddie Mac, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Newspaper and Magazine, Accounting and Auditing
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Bernanke strikes note of confidence
Associated PressWhen Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver II asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday when the nation's financial woes would end, he was expressing the yearning of many on Main Street and Wall Street that the yearlong pain would soon be over....Tags: Financial and Business Services, Federal Reserve, Petroleum Industry, Freddie Mac, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Taxpayers On The Hook For Billions?
Associated PressNow that the federal government has thrown a lifeline to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers could be on the hook for billions more if the crisis of confidence spreads. There were encouraging signs Monday for the rescue plan, but also...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, Bankruptcy, Washington Mutual Inc.
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Mortgage giants aided
Of The Associated PressScrambling to bolster eroding investor confidence, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department announced unprecedented steps to brace slumping mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The companies' shares, which have plunged as losses from...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Federal Reserve, Financial Markets, Freddie Mac, Bank of New York Company
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Will lifeline help or hurt economy?
Now that the federal government has thrown a lifeline to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers could be on the hook for billions more if the crisis of confidence spreads.
There were encouraging signs Monday for the rescue plan, but also...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, Washington Mutual Inc., George Bush
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