On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Maureen wrote: > McCain's attempt to reform Fannie and Freddie? McCain has always been > anti-regulation and had nothing to do with the 2005 or 2003 Senate > bills.
McCain was a co-sponsor of the 2005 bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20060525-16&bill=s109-190 > The Republicans had a majority on the Banking Committee and in the > Senate. If they had really wanted reform, nothing the Dems did could > have stopped it. Filibuster. No legislation without 60 votes. Done deal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269713 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
