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There are also valid concerns about the fairness and prudence of hitting up taxpayers for the missteps of well-compensated mortgage shills and Wall Street hucksters. "Socializing risk and privatizing reward," Senator Chris Dodd has called...
Barney Frank is on the line. I ask the Massachusetts Democrat, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, if he thinks the housing bill that he and Senator Chris Dodd are on the verge of pushing through Congress will really do much good. Frank first trots out a joke from the late comedian Henny Youngman: "How's your wife?" Answer: "Compared to what?" Then he gets a bit more serious. "Do I think it's gonna have a great impact?" he says. "It's gonna have an impact. I think it will be helpful...
Lenders often agree to loan modifications when borrowers run into trouble--one industry group says 315,000 home loans were modified in the first five months of this year. The Dodd-Frank plan aims to increase that number with help from the FHA. The agency would insure existing loans in which a) the lender forgives at least 10% of the debt and switches to a fixed rate and b) the borrower agrees to split any sale gains with...
...Bond goes on, excerpting statements from Senators Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd, John Kerry, John Edwards, etc. to show that those in the Bush bubble weren't the only ones beating the drums...
...doesn’t spin her wheels waiting for things,” said Day, who was a staffer for Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat and a close ally of Kennedy. “There are groups where people care about things but nobody is willing to do the work. Clayton is willing to do the work...