Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]

VUDU & The Economy (10-6-08)

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Maxine Waters (Democrat from California) - under the OUTSTANDING leadership of Franklin Raines (CEO of Freddie Mac) everything under the act in 1992 has worked just fine. In fact the GSEs have exceeded their housing goals. ...

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Public's Ignorance of the Facts

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

... while Democrats, Maxine Waters, Barney Frank, Charles Schummer, and the Charlottes own Mell Watt were insisting there need not be any reform of these two institutions. Barney Frank has resisted reform since 1992. Rep. ...

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The Blame Game

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Note that it was the REPUBLICAN chair of the committee that was asking for MORE REGULATION of Fannie and Freddie and it was the DEMOCRATS (including Barney Frank and Maxine Waters) who spoke out against the additional regulations. Rep. ...

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Obama, ACORN, Democrats and the Financial Mess

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chairman we do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac and in particular at Fannie Mae under the outstanding leadership of Mr. Frank Raines."-Rep. Maxine Waters, 2004http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL36nwCSYUM***History of Fannie.

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Capitalism Greeds Itself to Death

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

Here's a look at just four slips and slivers down the slippery slope of socialism: 1) Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) May 2008 tells Shell Oil :. "And guess what this liberal would be all about. This liberal will be about socializing â€¦ uh, ...

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Half hour for Haiti

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

Rep. Maxine Waters has called for $300 million in emergency assistance for Haiti. She is not asking for grassroots support for the bill at the time, but we will issue an alert if appropriate. There is more durable good news- for ...

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After the Bailout: 5 House Dems Should Be Prosecuted

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

These people should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for their part in the financial fallout weâ€™re experiencing. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA Under the outstanding leadership of Mr. Frank Raines, everything [. ...

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Topping-Up Assistance

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

Rep. Maxine Waters made an important connection between the current food crisis and debt relief during her June 2008 statement to the Committee on Financial Services. â€œGiven the severity of the global food crisis, I believe the World ...

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Robbers Caught on [CSPAN] Video

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

One clip in the video offers what looks to be damning proof of Rep. Barney Frank declaring there are "no safety and soundness issues" with Fannie Mae. Another shows Rep. Maxine Waters saying there is "no crisis" and touting the ...

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Maxine Waters, Socialist

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

According to Michelle Malkin, Rep. Maxine Waters, D. CA, is just ecstatic after the bailout bill passes this afternoon -- her comments after the vote: "We're in charge", "We own them now", and "We will provide loan guarantees&q

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The Blame Game

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said in a Sept. 25, 2003, hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services, â€œWe do not have a crisis at Fannie Mae and in particular Freddie Mac under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines. ...

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Mortgage modification programs have failed

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

1 might not help homeowners refinance their troubled mortgages into sustainable US-insured loans as promised. "Loan servicing is insufficient to solve the problem," said Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat. ...

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you can't make this stuff up

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.), speaking to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez:Secretary Martinez, if it ain't broke, why do you want to fix it? Have the GSEs [government-sponsored enterprises] ever missed ...

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Misty watercolor memories: When Krugman was right

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...contribution of Fannnie and Freddie to such practices as 100 percent loan to value mortgages and desktop underwriting. Rep. Maxine Waters paid tribute to Fannie and Freddie's blessing of these practices in her defense of the two institutions at this Hou

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Comment on So, Anchoress, what do you think of Palin, now? by Acer ...

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT FAN AND FRED: The Wall Street Journal rounds up some pre-meltdown quotes on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the likes of Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, and Charles Schumer. My favorite: â€œRep. ...

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WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT FAN AND FRED: The Wall Street Journal rounds ...

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

THE FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC (Horror) STORY

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Democrats such as Watt and Maxine Waters played the race card to label any effort to prevent poor and black families from buying homes they couldnâ€™t afford as racist. But when the fecal matter hit the rotary oscillator [the sh*t hit the ...

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The Blame Game

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, said in a Sept. 25, 2003 hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services, "We do not have a crisis at Fannie Mae and in particular Freddie Mac under the outstanding leadership of Frank ...

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Singing a different tune.

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.), Sept. 25, 2003. "I believe there has been more alarm raised about potential unsafety and unsoundness than, in fact, exists. -- Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.), Sept. 25, 2003. ...

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Democrats Caused Mortgage Meltdown

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

(2003) "[W]e do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly at Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Mr. Frank Raines," said Congressional Black Caucus member US Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. (10-6-04)

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