1.0 link 106925 <![CDATA[Chris Dodd, Kent Conrad Tied To Countrywide Scandal]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/13/chris-dodd-kent-conrad-ti_n_106925.html Two U.S. senators, two former Cabinet members, and a former ambassador to the United Nations received loans from Countrywide Financial through a little-known program that waived points, lender fees, and company borrowing rules for prominent people.

Senators Christopher Dodd, Democrat from Connecticut and chairman of the Banking Committee, and Kent Conrad, Democrat from North Dakota, chairman of the Budget Committee and a member of the Finance Committee, refinanced properties through Countrywide's "V.I.P." program in 2003 and 2004, according to company documents...

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