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Charles C. Johnson The Daily Caller 5/5/2013 Mel Watt, President Obama’s nominee for director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, pushed government programs to help welfare recipients buy homes during the creation of the subprime mortgage bubble. Watt, a 20-year Member of Congress from North Carolina’s 12th district, also had a hand in programs allowing […] May 6th, 2013 | Tags: Bank of America, Federal Housing Finance Agency, housing crisis, Mel Watt, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Pathways to Homeownership, Rep. Barney Frank, Richard Griffin, subprime crisis | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, corruption, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Unions | Comments are closed
Orin Kerr The Volokh Conspiracy 2/4/2013 The New York Times Dealbook blog has news of an important new case likely to be filed soon: The Justice Department, along with state prosecutors, plans to file civil charges against Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, accusing the firm of fraudulently rating mortgage bonds that led to the financial […] February 6th, 2013 | Tags: housing bubble, McGraw-Hill Company, mortgage bonds, Rep. Barney Frank, Standard & Poor (S&P), subprime crisis | Category: Department of Justice, Video | Comments are closed
“I’m proud of that work.’ ~ Gov. Deval Patrick Will Rahn The Daily Caller 2/24/2012 Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the Democrat who was named a national co-chair of President Obama’s re-election campaign on Wednesday, served on the board of a company that is widely blamed for helping start the subprime mortgage crisis in […] February 25th, 2012 | Tags: ACC Capital Holdings, Ameriquest Mortgage, Citigroup, Common Cause Massachusetts, David Axelrod, Gov. Deval Patrick, predatory lending, Robert E. Rubin, Roland Arnall, subprime crisis | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Elections, Ethics, Massachusetts, TARP | Comments are closed
by Michelle Malkin December 31, 2009 A fiscal conservative shot heard ’round the world on March 25, 2009: Would that we had more like him on our side of the pond. December 31st, 2009 | Tags: MEP Daniel Hannan, Michelle Malkin, subprime crisis | Category: "Stimulus" program, Great Britain, Video | Comments are closed
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