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Congress to Hold Hearings on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…Two Weeks After the Election
The Sundries Shack — My, how convenient. Democrats are giving Republicans the hearing they’ve been demanding to dig into the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but it won’t happen until after the election. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) Monday announced that he will hold a hearing into the collapse of the mortgage giants on Nov. 20, and plans to call several of the firms’ ex-CEOs, including Fannie Mae’s Franklin Raines. Why bother? We all know that the people who ran our economy in the ground thanks ...

How convenient
Betsy's Page — Tuesday, October 21, 2008 How convenient Henry Waxman will hold House hearings on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but will wait until after the election to do it. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) Monday announced that he will hold a hearing into the collapse of the mortgage giants on Nov. 20, and plans to call several of the firms’ ex-CEOs, including Fannie Mae's Franklin Raines. Republicans view the two companies as Democrats’ political Achilles heel amid a financial meltdown that has led to calls for more regulation of the financial ...

Hearings On Fannie and Freddie? Wait Until After Election
A Blog For All — Democrats wouldn't want to jeopardize their potential gains in elections across the country by holding hearings that might reveal just how tied to the huge scandal at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, including blocking Republican efforts to impose regulations and oversight of the two companies whose accounting would never be tolerated by any other company. They've decided to hold the hearings into the two companies after the election . How nice of them. Democrats are giving Republicans the hearing they’ve been demanding to dig into the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but ...