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Showing posts with label congress. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

New Congressional Oversight Panel Report Focus on HAMP.

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Web page for report is HERE ; actual report is HERE . Finally, the executive summary is HERE . From the report: The Panel now estimates that...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Congressional Oversight Panel Issues Report: Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stability and Foreclosure Mitigation.

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Full 127 page report is HERE , their PR is HERE ; WaPo news story is HERE . Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog .
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Off Topic: Congress?, There's an App for That.

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Loving my IPhone, don't know why I waited so long to buy it last year ( Wait I remember now why I waited, it COSTS so damn much ). Lates...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Congressional Directory.

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More than you ever wanted to know is in government publication HERE . Oregon delegation profiles in PDF are HERE . Also includes contact, na...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Congressional Update: Senate Passes Fraud Bill, House Fin. Services Marking Up New Truth in Lending Provisions.

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AP news story is HERE . Senate bill is S. 386, HERE House Bill is H.R. 1728. Bill is being marked up today by Housing Financial Services Co...
Friday, February 20, 2009

H.R. 1 Final Bill.

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The 407 page final version of H.R.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (prior to President's signature) IS HERE.
Friday, February 13, 2009

Full Recovery Bill Conference Report from Congressional Record.

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The recovery bill Conference Committee Report (111-16) from the Congressional Record HERE is the first in which text can be searched (it...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

HUD National Dollars in Conference Recovery Bill Total $13.61 Billion; I Project $105.6 Million for Oregon.

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I have prepared HERE a summary table of my analysis of HUD [appropriation] dollars in the Conference report/final recovery bill that will b...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Grunt Work on HR 3221 Over the Last Year.

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Interesting listing HERE on C-SPAN site of all of the congressional action that has taken place on HR 3221 in the last year. I count 37 day...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

NY Times Profile of Barney Frank.

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Profile of my favorite, and the funniest and one of the smartest members of Congress, House Financial Services Chair Barney Frank is HERE . ...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

New Congressional Foreclosure Prevention Proposal Would Feature New $300 Billion FHA Refinance Program.

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House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank and Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd announced today their joint proposal to ...
Monday, March 10, 2008

CNNMoney Predicts April FHA Reform Bill Passage.

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Their story is HERE.
Sunday, March 9, 2008

Cross Post: Real Estate Industry Spent $65M+ on 2007 U.S. Senate Lobbying.

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A cross post from from my Oregon Open Government blog HERE.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Iraq War Cost Impacts on Housing and Other Programs: VA Disability Payments.

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Every dollar spent in Iraq is a dollar less available for other purposes, including but not limited to, housing. I have begun reading a new ...
Monday, February 25, 2008

HUD FY 2009 Congressional Budget Justification Site Has Buried Nuggets.

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Each year, after the budget is presented in early February, HUD posts DETAILED justifications for various programs and organizational divisi...
Sunday, February 24, 2008

New CRS Report: Constitutional Issues with Proposed Mortgage Rate Freezes/Reductions.

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Congressional Research Service (CRS) report reviews constitutional issues with various rate freezes/rate reductions proposed to deal with c...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Cross Post: CRS Report on Earmark Executive Order.

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Cross Post From Oregon Earmarks Blog , HERE From the report: " Courts have acknowledged a premise upon which the order appears to be b...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

HOPE VI Bill Up for Consideration in House This Week: CBO Puts Cost at $900 Million.

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H.R. 3524 , which would reauthorize the HOPE VI public housing revitalization program, is scheduled for consideration this week in the House...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Extension of Mortgage Insurance Deduction: Unpublished Letter to Oregonian Editor.

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[Link Correction] I sent this letter on Thursday December 27th to the Letters to the Editor at the Oregonian . I expect it will not be publi...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

CROSS POST: News Flash for President, Earmark DOLLARS have Declined by 25%-36%.

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From Oregon Earmarks Blog HERE.