Mortgage firm arranged stealth campaign

"If effective regulatory reform legislation ... is not enacted this year, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole," the senators wrote in a letter that proved prescient. Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
4.1
by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 21, 2008

This is an in-depth look at how Freddie Mac fought legislation that would have imposed stronger regulation on this failed mortgage company. Gives the reader an excellent window into how money can influence the creation of new laws. It's very detailed and even-handed in its approach, though I agree with Mike LaBonte that the presidential election connect is tangential and distracting.

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