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You won't have Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to kick around anymore, at least if Rep. Barney Frank has anything to say about it. As chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Frank is certainly in a position to influence the decision about what will happen to these two mortgage companies now under conservatorship... Continue Reading »

Today's big news from Congress – the House passage of major financial reform legislation – shouldn't overshadow an important hearing Rep. Barney Frank's Financial Services Committee held earlier this week on how to minimize the damage wrought by the failures of the old order. In the face of evidence that... Continue Reading »