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Some Senators Won't Give Mortgage Details
Is there a bigger mortgage scandal a'brewin' in Washington? By now you've read about Senators Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), who -- they say unknowingly -- received VIP treatment on their home loans from Countrywide. Now Politico is wondering how widespread the problem is. Politico has asked all 100 senators to reveal the details of their mortgages. "Seventy-seven senators have complied so far. Twenty-three have not."Senate ethics experts say the controversy over the special mortgages received by Dodd and Conrad has opened a window into the clubby world where senators can dial up major banking executives and discuss their financial needs, as Conrad did.Right now senators don't have to disclose home loan details unless they're getting rental income from the property, but now with the Dodd and Conrad controversies Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to change the rules and make such information public.
"This short list of senators who did not disclose is where I would start an investigation," said Keith Ashdown, a vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense. By failing to disclose, he said, senators are "not only in the cross hairs of investigators, but they're also making this a political issue in an election year, because it looks like they have something to hide."
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(Page 1 of 1)Bettybb3:43PMJun 24th 2008
I wish they had published a list of the senators who are refusing to disclose their home loan info.
Susie Payne6:02PMJun 24th 2008
what a surprise
OpenYourBlindEye086:28PMJun 24th 2008
I'm with you Betty, who are these senators?
Pete9:15PMJun 24th 2008
Here in CT I recently read an article in my locale paper about how Democrat turned Independent, Joe Leiberman, "supports" John McCain. The liberal paper painted Joe Leiberman as a 'turncoat' for supporting John McCain.
It is interesting how little ANYONE knows about this since Democrats and even an Obama vetter are involved.
joe maier9:36PMJun 27th 2008
No surprise here.. DEMOCRATS have been doing the same stuff for years... just ask Harry Reid and his land swindles, or Barrack Hussein Obama, with his sweet house deal, with his convicted buddy Rezko.. Only the DEMOCRAT voters seem to be too stupid to see the fools they have been made of.. We are all expected to do with less, except the Stalinist left of course.. They are a joke....only the DEMOCRAT voter can't see how really stupid they look casting a vote for people that despise everything about them
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Bob S.3:08PMJun 24th 2008
I'd love to know all about how OBAMA got his house, REZKO help and all, but the media never seems interested in investigating anything concerning him. What ever happened to investigative reporting?