Post archive for ‘Mortgage crisis’

Obama calls McCain part of problem with bankruptcy(0)

POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) - Barack Obama called on Tuesday for changing federal bankruptcy laws to help military families, seniors and victims of natural disasters, and accused John McCain of repeatedly siding with the banking industry when Congress acted on the issue.
“When it comes to strengthening the safety net for hardworking families, he’s been part [...]

Obama supports national fingerprint registry…(0)

According to a Martinez press release, the language merely “create[s] national licensing and oversight standards for residential mortgage originators.”
Link:The Foundry

Phil Gramm, McCain Co-Chair, lobbied US on mortgage crisis while advising candidate on economic policy(0)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain’s national campaign general co-chair was being paid by a Swiss bank to lobby Congress about the U.S. mortgage crisis at the same time he was advising McCain about his economic policy, federal records show.
Link:The Huffington Post