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Treasury, top Dems rosy on mortgages
Politico - The Treasury Department and top Democrats took an upbeat tone after meetings Thursday to ease lawmakers’ concerns over an ambitious plan to boost investor confidence in the troubled mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Yahoo! – Jul 18, 2008 03:34 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Politico - The Treasury Department and top Democrats took an upbeat tone after meetings Thursday to ease lawmakers’ concerns over an ambitious plan to boost investor confidence in the troubled mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Yahoo! – Jul 18, 2008 03:34 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Texas Democrats look to Obama to help them reboundAP - Democrats are climbing out of the political graveyard in Texas where George W. Bush buried them. But winning local and legislative races is a far cry from delivering the state for their presidential nominee.
Yahoo! – Jul 17, 2008 9:19 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Today on the presidential campaign trailAP - Obama campaign raised $52 million last month, has $92.3 million in bank with DNC ... Evangelicals quietly worry about McCain ... Barack Obama says criticism of his wife is 'infuriating,' blames conservative news media ... NYC mayor: Welcome back Hillary
Yahoo! – Jul 17, 2008 8:24 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Dems try to spur oil exploration on available land
AP - Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur oil drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico.
Yahoo! – Jul 17, 2008 07:55 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur oil drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico.
Yahoo! – Jul 17, 2008 07:55 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
In a Bit of a Turnaround, Business Groups Huddle With Dems
CQPolitics.com - Senate Democrats met Wednesday with leaders of business groups once closely identified with the GOP, perhaps catalyzing the realignment of Capitol Hill alliances as Democrats prepare to expand their majority.
Yahoo! – Jul 17, 2008 04:07 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
CQPolitics.com - Senate Democrats met Wednesday with leaders of business groups once closely identified with the GOP, perhaps catalyzing the realignment of Capitol Hill alliances as Democrats prepare to expand their majority.
Yahoo! – Jul 17, 2008 04:07 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Democrats, Paulson fight to keep housing bill moving
Reuters - Congressional Democrats and the Bush administration scrambled on Wednesday to shore up support for a major housing market rescue bill, as Republican backing for it faltered on doubts about attaching a plan to bolster Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Yahoo! – Jul 17, 2008 12:45 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Reuters - Congressional Democrats and the Bush administration scrambled on Wednesday to shore up support for a major housing market rescue bill, as Republican backing for it faltered on doubts about attaching a plan to bolster Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Yahoo! – Jul 17, 2008 12:45 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Dems call for State to investigate Iraq oil dealsAP - Four Democratic senators, including Sen. Carl Levin, on Wednesday called on the State Department's inspector general to investigate whether agency employees encouraged lucrative oil deals between Iraq and several Western companies.
Yahoo! – Jul 16, 2008 5:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Analysis: GOP, Dems using wars to define ObamaAP - Democrat Barack Obama wants to prove he's ready to be a wartime commander in chief. Republican John McCain hopes to sell the idea that his rival is not.
Yahoo! – Jul 16, 2008 08:27 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
House Democrats launch first TV ad of fall race
AP - House Democrats launched the first television commercial by either party Tuesday in the 2008 battle for control of Congress, criticizing a Republican challenger in Pennsylvania as a friend and supporter of an unpopular President Bush.
Yahoo! – Jul 16, 2008 12:26 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - House Democrats launched the first television commercial by either party Tuesday in the 2008 battle for control of Congress, criticizing a Republican challenger in Pennsylvania as a friend and supporter of an unpopular President Bush.
Yahoo! – Jul 16, 2008 12:26 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Democrats to insist on housing grantsAP - House Democrats, moving to accomplish a top priority in exchange for quick approval of the Bush administration's urgent rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, intend to tie it to $3.9 billion in grants for neighborhoods hit hardest by foreclosures.
Yahoo! – Jul 15, 2008 11:18 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
