FREDDIE MAC (Government-sponsored enterprise)

Articles and editorials

Bailout Hide and Seek, H8132 [16SE]

Blame Fannie Mae and Congress for the Credit Mess, E2142 [28SE]

Don't Like Bailouts? Consider the Alternatives, E1772 [11SE]

Fannie, Freddie and You, S6620 [14JY]

Housing Bill Hammers Taxpayers, S7495 [26JY]

Rescuing Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac Is Nonsense, S7468 [25JY]

Where Was Senator Dodd?, H9950 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investigative Commission: establish (see H.R. 6990), H8577 [22SE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term certain for conservatorships and provide conditions for continued operation and eventual dissolution of certain enterprises (see H.R. 7094), H9973 [25SE]

———prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see S. 3458), S8179 [9SE] (see S. Res. 658), S8479 [12SE] (see H.R. 6864), H8018 [10SE]

———prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unless specifically authorized by law (see H.R. 6907), H8127 [15SE]

———suspend contributions to Housing Trust Fund during conservatorship of such enterprises and repay costs of such conservatorship and HOPE for Homeowners loan program (see H.R. 6955), H8476 [18SE]

Housing: establish a risk-reduction and accountability pilot program for the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 6164), H4831 [22MY]

———provide needed housing reform (see H.R. 5857), H2551 [22AP]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 6521), H6673 [16JY]

Political campaigns: prohibit government-sponsored enterprises from making lobbying expenditures, political contributions, or other certain contributions (see H.R. 7254), H10827 [3OC]

Real estate: increase temporarily the conforming loan limits of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in certain areas and enhance mortgage market liquidity (see H.R. 5153), H555 [29JA]

———make permanent the increases in loan limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA (see H.R. 5958), H3049 [5MY]

Letters

Call for investigation of housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises: Senator Cornyn, S8228 [10SE]

Housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises regulation reform: Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), H6995 [23JY]

Lists

Freddie Mac Board of Directors from 1997-2008, H6453-H6455 [14JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HUD: restore confidence in Government-sponsored enterprises, H6452 [14JY], H6554, H6555, H6559, H6560 [15JY]

Housing: increase the conforming loan limit in high-cost areas, H3297 [8MY]

———provide needed housing reform, H3056 [6MY]

———provide needed housing reform (H.R. 5857), E986 [21MY], E1693 [1AU]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, H3134, H3140 [7MY], H6841, H6988-H7010 [23JY], H7857 [9SE], H8000 [10SE], H9949, H9950 [25SE], H10135 [27SE], H10683 [2OC]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1427), H2000 [3AP]

Real estate: make permanent the increases in loan limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA, H3302 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HUD: clarify that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have no responsibility for funding housing entities under the Affordable Housing program, S5783, S5806-S5811 [19JN]

———implement Government-sponsored enterprises regulatory reform, S5981, S5982, S5983 [24JN]

———restore confidence in Government-sponsored enterprises, S6588 [11JY], S6619 [14JY], S6884 [17JY]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, S8222 [10SE]

Housing: prohibit lobbying and political donations from Fannie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) and Freddie Mac (Government-sponsored enterprise), S7255, S7256 [24JY], S7454 [25JY], S7492, S7494 [26JY]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, S2737 [8AP], S5384 [9JN], S7217 [24JY], S7438 [25JY], S7504 [26JY], S7566 [28JY], S8222, S8227 [10SE], S8979-S8981 [18SE], S9360 [24SE], S10236 [1OC]

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: improve regulation of appraisal standards for mortgages purchased or guaranteed by Government-sponsored enterprises, S5805, S5807 [19JN], S6140 [25JN]

Statements

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises Regulation Reform: Several Housing Organizations, H6993 [23JY]

Texts of

S. Res. 658, prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, S8498 [12SE]