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<title>H.R. 6864, To prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6864.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6864 would prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3458, A bill to prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3458.html</link>
<description> S. 3458 would prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-289, The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $523.06</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-289.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3221 would provide needed housing reform....
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6164, The Federal Housing Enterprises Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6164.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6164 would establish a risk-reduction and accountability pilot program for the housing-related government-sponsored enterprises....
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5857, The Homeownership Protection and Housing Market Stabilization Act of 2008  - Cost per Average Family: $20.22</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5857.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5857 would establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, improve mortgage disclosures, and create an Office of Housing Counseling; and it would provide incentives to facilitate loan modifications, reform the regulation of the Government Sponsored Enterprises, modernize the Federal Housing Administration, improve home ownership for veterans, reform appraisal activities, and combat mortgage fraud....
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2847, The Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2847.html</link>
<description> S. 2847 would amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to allow Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan securities and make advances for student loan financing....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510577.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510577.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5723, The Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5723.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5723 would amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to allow Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan securities and make advances for student loan financing....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510494.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510494.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1963, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed by the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1963.html</link>
<description> S. 1963 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed by the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507056.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507056.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3074, The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $956.66</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3074.html</link>
<description> Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1260, The Data Security Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1260.html</link>
<description> S. 1260 would protect information relating to consumers, and it would require notice of security breaches....
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2091, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed by the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2091.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2091 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed by the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds....
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1427, The Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $58.37</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1427.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1427 would reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises....
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1100, The Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1100.html</link>
<description> S. 1100 would address the regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises....
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1685, The Data Security Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1685.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1685 would protect information relating to consumers, and it would require notice of security breaches....
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3505, The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 - Savings per Average Family: $1.24</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_3505.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3505 would affect the operations of financial institutions and the agencies that regulate them. Some provisions would address specific sectors: national banks could more easily operate as S corporations or adopt other alternative organizational structures; thrift institutions would be given some of the same investment, lending, and ownership options available to banks; credit unions would have new options for investments, lending, mergers, and leasing federal property; and certain privately...
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1461, The Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $53.95</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_1461.html</link>
<description> Enacting H.R. 1461 would establish a single regulator¿the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)¿for government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) involved in the home mortgage market. GSEs are privately owned, Congressionally chartered financial institutions created to enhance the availability of credit in the economy. The GSEs that would be regulated by FHFA under the bill include the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and the...
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200500147.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200500147.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1185, The Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $42.85</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_1185.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1185 would amend provisions of laws governing banks and credit unions to reform the deposit insurance system. Specifically, the bill would increase insurance coverage for insured accounts from $100,000 per account to $130,000 for most accounts (with higher levels of coverage for retirement accounts and municipal deposits). The coverage limit for insured deposits would subsequently increase every five years to account for inflation. Those provisions of the bill would affect deposits held by ...
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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