Darrell Issa is like that kid who just made hall monitor and takes his duties a little to seriously. Here’s some of what Issa wants to investigate: Issa, who will have power to subpoena government officials to appear before the committee, said he intended to conduct inquiries into the release of classified diplomatic cables by […]
Paulson has announced he is spending an additional $600 billion to buy up toxic mortgages: The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it will purchase up to $600 billion in mortgage-backed assets, the toxic assets that have been weighing down embattled government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie Mae (FNM: News ) and Freddie Mac (FRE: News ). Buying […]
Richard Hohlt is one of only three lobbyists registered for Washington Mutual this year. Washington Mutual handles most of their own lobbying, but they still paid Holht over $36,000. Also listed among Hohlt’s clients are Fannie Mae and J.P. Morgan. Another interesting thing with Hohlt is that he is listed on McCain’s website as one […]
If the NYT’s reporting about Rick Davis is so wrong, then why is he running? John McCain campaign manager Rick Davis–under the spotlight because of his work for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–is skipping a Wednesday lunch with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. Do the innocent run, or do they try […]
And John McCain does nothing but lie to the American people about it – the same American people expected to bail out these companies. One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of […]
McCain has tried so hard to tie Obama to Freddie and Fannie, but guess what? He hasn’t looked closely enough at his own campaign: Senator John McCain’s campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie […]
And they want this idiot to be our vice-President? Speaking before voters in Colorado Springs, the Republican vice presidential nominee claimed that lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had “gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.” The companies, as McClatchy reported, “aren’t taxpayer funded but operate as private companies. The takeover may […]