TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
San Diego,Ca./Reuters - City Attorney Michael Aquirre announced plans today to designate this coastal city as an official Mortgage Foreclosure Sanctuary, and declared the national financial crisis over.
The Right Coast (Free subscription) | yesterday
In an unusual op ed, Paul Gigot illustrates how Fannie and Freddie avoided scrutiny. Pretty disgusting, but that is how the game is played. There is so much in the piece that is interesting, really you should read it all....
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senators on a key tax panel demanded a crackdown on offshore tax havens in the wake of a new report that one building in the Cayman Islands is used as a business address for more than 18,000 companies.
Sunlight Foundation (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Last month, after Portfolio revealed that Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad received favorable loan deals from mortgage giant Countrywide, members of the Senate Ethics Committee attempted to attach an amendment to housing relief legislation that would require the disclosure of mortgages and their details for members of Congress in their annual personal financial disclosure [...]
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Senator Kent Conrad (D - VIP Loans ) put out a press release today detailing his opposition to those nasty oil speculators and hedge fund managers everyone is blaming for high oil prices and laying out how he’d show those speculators who’s boss. Here’s a thought, though: If Senator Conrad doesn’t like oil speculation what does he feel about speculation in, say, wheat markets? A common practice among...
beSpacific (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Long-Term Effects of Indexing the Alternative Minimum Tax and Extending the Tax Reductions of 2001 and 2003. Letter to the...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Shouldn't John McCain be hitting Congress harder, the least popular institution in the land? This stuff would seem to be right up his alley--the Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad cut-rate mortgages, the Charlie Rangel apartment deal, the lobbying powerhouse that is Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It would all seem perfectly lined-up for McCain to argue that Congress is fat, happy, and corrupt, and disconnected...
Conservative Politics Blog (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Conservative Politics Blog Number signed as of July 10, 2008--1,312,631 Welcome To Conservative Politics BlogJul 12, 2008, Government Run U.S. Senate Dining Room Losing Money-to PrivatizeReal Clear Politics Jul 12, 2008, Oil: Environmentalists Powerful Lobby Gives Us High Gas PricesOil: House Dems & Republicans To Push Pelosi For Drilling-Some Oil Truth-Democrats Phony Argumements About 68 million...
Fark.com (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
2008-07-12 11:51:41 AM Now I won't be able to call my friends in Columbia.2008-07-12 11:58:47 AM Now I won't call my friends in the US.2008-07-12 12:10:10 PM Now I won't be able to call the Psychic Hotline.2008-07-12 12:12:10 PM Now I won't be able to call my best friend's wife.2008-07-12 12:21:11 PM Now no one will be able to call me.2008-07-12 12:21:58 PM Meh, nobody calls me anyway.2008-07-12 12:22:18...
Sunlight Foundation (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The New York Times reports on the cushy arrangement Rep. Charles Rangel has with his landlord, the Olnick Organization. Last month, we also learned that the CEO of Countrywide Financial, Angelo Mozilo, gave preferential mortgage deals to Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and to Sen. Kent Conrad. With the exception of [...]
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
What is it with these liberals and their VIP living arrangements? First it was Senators Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd getting special treatment on loans from Countrywide Financial in exchange for pushing through legislation potentially worth tens of billions of dollars for the company. Then it was Barack Obama getting a special deal from a lender in Chicago . Now Rep. Charlie Rangel, veteran Democrat...
Red State (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Time once again for our roundup of corrupt and misbehaving Democrats around Washington and the country at large. Miss a week and they pile up on you. Dan Spencer has already covered Obama's mortgage deal , and you know all about Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad , but as usual, there's so much more. In fact, this installment is so big that we have to break it in two parts; we'll have a second piece later...
Newswise (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) applauds the visionary action taken by Senator Sherrod Brown and his colleagues in the Senate who helped usher in legislation to recognize soils as an "essential" natural resource, placing soil on par with water and air.
Top Stories (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Will some moderate Dems consider law balancing energy exploration with conservation?
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Revelations that Dodd and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., the Budget Committee chairman, got preferential mortgages through a "VIP" program for friends of former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo were especially damaging for Dodd, who heads the Senate Banking Committee and is a leader pushing the housing rescue package through Congress.
