Republican lawmaker introduces subprime legislation
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The top Republican on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a national registry and set new standards for mortgage originators in response to the subprime mortgage crisis.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 -- A Republican congressman from California defended his reputation this week, as FBI investigators look into charges that he improperly delayed paying taxes on several lucrative land deals.
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The New York attorney general subpoenaed mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac yesterday as he sought to expand his housing industry investigation by focusing on companies that package house loans and sell them to investors.
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The Senate passed legislation on Friday that would make more Federal Housing Administration loans available to subprime borrowers facing foreclosure.
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The chairman of the U.S. 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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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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The crisis in the U.S. subprime mortgage market has heightened tension between mortgage lenders and brokers who both hope to shape any laws aimed at stamping out dangerous loans.
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Fannie Mae, the largest US mortgage finance company, will be the subject of an Oct. 6 hearing by the House Financial Services Committee over its accounting and management, said Representative Richard Baker, a Louisiana Republican.
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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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A second U.S. Republican lawmaker  has acknowledged calling a federal prosecutor to complain about  the slow pace of corruption cases just before elections last  year, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
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A number of U.S. states are setting up  funds to help homeowners with risky subprime mortgages  refinance to more affordable loans in a bid to slow the rate of  home foreclosures, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web  site.
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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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President Bush today outlined his plan for helping troubled subprime borrowers keep their homes. The initiatives target hundreds of thousands of homeowners. The president said he would not bail out homeowners facing foreclosures or lenders with financial problems.
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U.S. bank regulators issued new standards for subprime mortgage lending Friday that includes several new consumer protections.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will use a speech Monday to defend the Bush Administration's plan to "freeze" mortgage rates for some subprime borrowers and also to call on Congress to pass legislation to head off a housing crisis.
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House Republicans pushed through legislation Tuesday aimed at reducing frivolous lawsuits.
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The shadow of an FBI investigation spread across the subprime mortgage crisis on Tuesday, while the U.S. Congress moved closer to emergency relief for millions of distressed homeowners.