Morning Bell: How We Got Here and How Best to Get Out
According to the E.J. Dionnes of elite media groupthink, the current economic troubles are due solely to unfettered Wall Street greed and the federal government’s… Read More
According to the E.J. Dionnes of elite media groupthink, the current economic troubles are due solely to unfettered Wall Street greed and the federal government’s… Read More
CQ reports that the Senate is debating “a contentious bankruptcy amendment” to the broad housing bill now under consideration. The amendment sponsored by Sen. Dick… Read More
Covering the current financial turmoil Wednesday CNBC reported: The root structure of the credit crunch stretches wide and deep. Many of the financial instruments involved… Read More
Reporting on the Senate’s new housing bailout bill, the New York Times claims “Senate Republicans, in particular, had felt compelled to move housing legislation quickly… Read More
The pressure on Congress to “do something” on housing appears so great that many members normally inclined to keep Congress out of the housing market,… Read More
Explaining new Republican support for congressional action on housing, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) admitted to Politico: “You always want to be able to vote for… Read More
The agreement reached by the Leadership in the Senate to bring housing legislation to the floor is both good news and bad. It is good… Read More
Congress has returned from their spring break to mounting pressure to “do something” about the current financial turmoil. The Hill reports: “Republican senators have spent… Read More
The U.S. taxpayer dodged a bullet last night when Senate conservative succeeded in stalling the latest deficit spending project, this time sold as a housing… Read More
A new study by University of Washington economics professor Theo Eicher finds middle-class families are being priced out of the Seattle real estate market due… Read More
