Fannie Freddie

Jeff Muskus

Issa Threatens To Strip Federal Money From Fannie And Freddie

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Taxpayer money shouldn't be used to back some $6 trillion in home mortgages if there is no inspector general keeping watch over those funds, the ranki...

Ryan Grim

Fannie and Freddie Fire Their Own Inspector General

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


There is no independent auditor overseeing the federal agency responsible for some $6 trillion in home mortgages, because the Department of Justice's ...

Fannie Mae Wants Another $10.7B In U.S. Aid After Posting Loss

AP | Alan Zibel, AP Real Estate Writer | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fannie Mae plans to tap $11 billion in new government aid after posting another massive quarterly loss as the taxpayer bill from th...

Obama Administration Considers Splitting Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb and David Cho | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


The Obama administration launched a broad government effort this week to overhaul mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and is considering splitt...

Obama Punting On Fannie, Freddie Could Prove Costly

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Facing an array of more immediate financial problems, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has pushed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac towards the bottom of ...

Fannie, Freddie May Require Billions More In Assistance

Washington Post | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 12.14.2008 | Business


The first of the Bush administration's major financial takeovers is poised to get more expensive as mounting troubles in the credit and housing market...