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GOP Uses ACORN To Fight Bank Redlining Law

AP | SHARON THEIMER and PETE YOST | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans are capitalizing on the troubles of community activist group ACORN – ranging from charges of voter r...

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Community Reinvestment Act: Did It Cause The Housing Crisis?

The Big Picture | Barry Rithholtz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business

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I've run out of patience with tired memes and discredited claims by fools and partisan. The rhetoric of those pushing nonsense on the public in an at...

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Manhattan Institute: Wrong Again on Fair Lending

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

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Mark Winston Griffith

This entry is cross-posted on the DMI blog. n yesterday's New York Times, Howard Husock at the Manhattan Institute repeated the tired old argument th...

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New President, New CRA

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business

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Mark Winston Griffith

This nation doesn't need a weaker CRA, but a re-conceived and far stronger tool in the effort to ensure ready access to quality, non-discriminatory, financial services in all communities.

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Memo to Republicans: CRA Has Nothing To Do With the Current Problems

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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The CRA isn't even an issue. But that won't stop the the likes of Rush and his progeny from saying it over and over again until all sorts of people believe it.

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