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Weekly Rundown

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The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week and will consider one Financial Services Committee bill. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for additional information throughout the week.  Here's whats happening:  On Wednesday at 10 a.m. the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will…

Chairman Hensarling Op-Ed: Giving the FHA a new lease on life

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Chairman Hensarling Op-Ed | November 27, 2013 Persistently weak job growth, higher taxes on families and record-breaking government debt are the hallmarks of the failed economic experiment known as Obamanomics. It is an experiment made up of many policies, but its core revolves around one central belief: A larger, more powerful, more…

Sunday Video Message | Rep. Robert Pittenger

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Congressman Robert Pittenger (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on the dangerously unaccountable Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The committee approved six bills to reform the CFPB last week. 

Financial Times: Winding down Fannie and Freddie

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  Editorial | November 20, 2013 It has been five years since Lehman Brothers collapsed and longer since the US subprime bubble burst. Yet plans to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – the government-sponsored behemoths that underwrite the US housing market – are little nearer to completion. Both Republicans and the Obama administration…

Weekly Rundown

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The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for committee specific information as the week progresses.  Here's what's happening:  On Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee undertakes a general overview of disparate impact…

Weekend Must Reads

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Wall Street Journal | Affordable Housing Is What You Can Afford American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin on a Senate housing “reform” bill that includes provisions for politically motivated lending.  Baltimore Sun | Consumer protection bureau fails to protect A report by a Bipartisan Policy Center task force comes after almost a year's worth…

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