http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/20466/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/washington-post-usa-today-favor-liberals-plan-regulate-mortgages <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Washington Post and USA Today continued the media trend of blaming the mortgage industry and letting borrowers off the hook and presented support for more government regulation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Democratic congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/22/AR2007102202184.html"></a>“unveiled legislation aimed at curbing abusive lending practices,” according to the October 23 Post. Both the Post and USA Today seemed to favor the legislation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/washington-post-usa-today-favor-liberals-plan-regulate-mortgages" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Government Barney Frank Cato Institute mortgage personal responsibility predatory lending Regulation Spencer Bachus Subprime USA Today Washington Post Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:34:31 +0000 admin 25280 at http://archive2.mrc.org