Republican lawmaker introduces subprime legislation
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Mortgage brokers and other loan sellers would be named in a national database under legislation introduced Thursday by the top Republican on a U.S. House of Representatives financial panel.
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U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur came to a House committee hearing on Thursday prepared to ask U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tough questions about his involvement in the subprime mortgage crisis.
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President George W. Bush will propose reforms on Friday intended to help homeowners with subprime mortgages avoid default, his first public step to address a crisis that has created turmoil in financial markets around the world.
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The chairman of the banking committee of the Senate will on Wednesday afternoon unveil a comprehensive plan to reform mortgage lending, sources familiar with the plan said.
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The chairman of the Federal Reserve urged Congress to bolster regulation of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Homeowners with subprime mortgages struggling under payments need federal government help to ease them through the crisis, a leading consumer advocacy group said on Wednesday.
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A New Jersey congressman introduced a bill Thursday in the House that would offer $600 million to voting districts across the nation that convert to paper ballots or put in audit systems in time for the November presidential election.
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Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, yesterday unveiled legislation aimed at curbing abusive lending practices that, he said, have fueled an alarming rise in foreclosures.
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Investor's Business Daily - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Vice Chairman Martin Gruenberg broadly endorsed a House Dem bill that would change how home loans are made, securitized and supervised. He backed a provision to impose some liability on investors that buy mortgages. Fed Gov. Randall Krosner also was generally favorable. But the Mortgage Bankers Association cited "fundamental flaws." Bankers are upset the reforms will impose tougher federal rules while not pre-empting separate state laws.
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Two senior Democratic lawmakers said  on Tuesday they were considering legislation to restrict risky  mortgage lending practices and protect borrowers after news  that foreclosures in the U.S. subprime mortgage sector were  rising.
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A senior US lawmaker calls on the Federal Reserve to protect US house buyers against unfair home loans.
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WASHINGTON -- Spurred by the crisis in the home mortgage industry, Congress is readying a slew of proposals aimed at changing some lending practices and helping financially distressed homeowners hang onto their homes.
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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked for further changes in a plan for a &#36;140 billion asbestos compensation fund at a meeting to air their concerns, a key lawmaker said on Thursday.
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Bankruptcy courts would be allowed to alter mortgages written by "predatory lenders" in moves that could save 600,000 Americans from foreclosure, according to the author of a bill introduced in the U.S. Representatives on Friday.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday signed into law a measure that will waive taxes on many homeowners who must restructure their mortgages as they face foreclosure.
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The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would prohibit mortgage brokers and lenders from steering borrowers to high-cost loans.
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The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee is working on a plan to set up a company to buy distressed home loans at currently discounted values and help fund new mortgages.