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Grand Old Parties: Special interests shower Republicans with perks and parties in the Big Apple

By Meredith O'Brien

Cowboy boots and rock stars. Tuxedos and champagne. Batting practice in a Major League Baseball stadium and coveted tickets to the U.S. Open

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fannie Mae":

"… or James Talent (Mo.) and C. Boyden Gray, former White House CounselUnknownFannie Mae and Freddie Mac, housing and mortgage trade groupsRockefeller CenterRecept …"

You broke it? You fix it.

By John Dunbar

Firms that fed off the subprime lending frenzy that devastated the banking system are lining up to collect more than $21 billion in taxpayer

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fannie Mae":

"… s, servicers, and homeowners while another $25 billion will be provided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to modify loans they own. Under the plan, participating mo …"

"… s, servicers, and homeowners while another $25 billion will be provided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to modify loans they own. …"

Financial reform this week: How to handle a Too Big To Fail bank near collapse

By Julie Vorman

FDIC panel tackles tools needed to dismember biggest banks

Excerpts from this story referencing "Freddie Mac":

"… Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), Glass, Lewis & Co. LLC, and Freddie Mac.Panel member Anat Admati of Stanford University recently rallied other inf …"

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The roots of the financial crisis: Who is to blame?

By John Dunbar and David Donald

Banks that financed subprime industry collecting billions in bailouts

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fannie Mae":

"… ide.In addition to Wall Street, the Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) also fed the subp …"

The new soft money

By John Sents

Gubernatorial associations skirt campaign finance laws

Excerpts from this story referencing "Freddie Mac":

"… ries. Mitchell Delk, the senior vice president for government relations at Freddie Mac, gave $150,000 to the RGA in October 2002, but the RGA issued a "reimburse …"

"… n October 2002, but the RGA issued a "reimbursement" in the same amount to Freddie Mac on June 10.The DGA receives most of its contributions from corporations an …"

As housing crisis festers, mortgage servicers spend $8 million on political contributions

By Michael Hudson and Aaron Mehta

Mortgage servicers pony up $8 million in political donations as housing crisis festers

Excerpts from this story referencing "Freddie Mac":

"… ercent for the week ending Aug. 4, according to a survey by mortgage giant Freddie Mac.What’s holding back the housing market, Carliner said, is a glut of avai …"

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Lobbyists tag along on civil rights tour

By Marina Walker Guevara

Alabama pilgrimage also provides chance to mingle with lawmakers

Excerpts from this story referencing "Freddie Mac":

"… porate donors are invited along on the tours. Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Altria and Freddie Mac are among those that have helped finance the trips."If you give $25,000, y …"

"… re generally the most generous donors, usually giving up to $25,000 a year.Freddie Mac and DaimlerChrysler were described on the 2005 donor list as "visionaries" …"

Borrower Nightmares: Disabled homeowner alleges broker, bank sold her mortgage she couldn’t afford

By Ben Hallman

Queens woman fights foreclosure on her childhood home

Excerpts from this story referencing "Freddie Mac":

"… e those licenses. The bank also said it confirms that brokers are not on a Freddie Mac “exclusionary list.”  "These brokers are not agents of the bank …"

Investor protections imperiled by Wall Street, GOP assault on financial reform

By John F. Wasik

Wall Street and GOP assault consumer protections in Dodd-Frank reforms

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fannie Mae":

"… changes, capital markets and government-sponsored housing enterprises like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The subcommittee’s chairman, Republican Scott Garrett o …"

Obama's new plan for underwater mortgages may be too little too late

By Michael Hudson

Obama orders Fannie and Freddie to work with borrowers; earlier programs helped only a few

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fannie Mae":

"… ram, directs the president’s economic team to work with government-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with banks and regulators, to “help more borrower …"

"… merican taxpayer, by keeping borrowers in their homes and reducing risk to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” the fact sheet says.Consumer advocates and lawyers rep …"

"… d in 2009, is available for borrowers whose home is owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. To qualify, a homeowner must have made a year’s worth of …"

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