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Richard Shelby asked the comptroller to investigate issues touching on the question of whether Fannie and Freddie should be recapitalized and released from government's ownership or whether they should be shuttered. (AP Photo)
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Fannie and Freddie to get new scrutiny

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Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said the program
Economy

Feds announce program to cut debt of underwater homeowners

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Economy

Lawmakers warn of ‘business as usual’ with Fannie, Freddie bonuses

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Fannie, Freddie CEO salaries to be boosted to $4 million
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Fannie, Freddie CEO salaries to be boosted to $4 million

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Bailed-out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a political emergency waiting to happen, Sen. Mark Warner said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Economy

New study: Re-privatizing Fannie, Freddie would raise mortgage rates

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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, right, walk into the hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, with Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen where she was to testify. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Shelby introduces financial reform bill, immediately faces Dem opposition

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have decided to lower the down payment they require on some mortgages from 5 percent to 3 percent. The horrific lesson of what results from encouraging marginal borrowers to buy homes has somehow vanished from their memories. (AP Photos)
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Treasury official: Releasing Fannie and Freddie from government ‘irresponsible’

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Mel Watt, an Obama appointee who took over the FHFA in January 2014, has taken a number of steps to clarify and ease the terms under which Fannie and Freddie extend credit. (AP Photo)
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GOP: Administration ‘once again putting people into homes that they can’t afford to keep’

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Efforts to jump-start housing stoke fears of another crisis

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Nearly a year ago, on Jan. 6, Watt was sworn in as director of the FHFA. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Economy

Federal Housing Director Mel Watt stokes housing fear

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