The same thing happened with SS reform. If they can't get a majority it dies.
Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce their commitment to financing low-income and affordable housing. "These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis," said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. "The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing." Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed. "I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing," Mr. Watt said. On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the Republicans control the votes in the committee, if it failed to > be voted out, then one or more of the Republicans would have voted > against it. So yes, we do know why. > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> we have no way of knowing why it didn't make it out of committee. >> >> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Maureen wrote: >>> Never made it out of committee. Since Republicans were the majority >>> party in 2003 tell me again how the Democrats killed this? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269605 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
