Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
20,682
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: + + + + + +
added lobbying
'''Fannie Mae''' is the common name for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA). <ref>[http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1529/ Blaming Fannie and Freddie], Ben Zimmer, ''Visual Thesaurus'', September 16, 2008</ref> Fannie Mae is a company that deals with the secondary [[mortgage]] market. It was founded by the U.S. government in order to provide liquidity for mortgages. The company was bailed out by the US Government in 2008 (along with [[Freddie Mac]]).
'''Fannie Mae''' is the common name for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA). <ref>[http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1529/ Blaming Fannie and Freddie], Ben Zimmer, ''Visual Thesaurus'', September 16, 2008</ref> Fannie Mae is a company that deals with the secondary [[mortgage]] market. It was founded by the U.S. government in order to provide liquidity for mortgages. The company was bailed out by the US Government in 2008 (along with [[Freddie Mac]]).
==Lobbying==
The top three recipients of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae over the last two decades were all Democrats. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/22/white-house-fires-times-housing-meltdown-story/ White House Fires Back at Times Over Housing Meltdown Story] Fox News, December 22, 2008</ref>
No.1 Connecticut Senator [[Chris Dodd]]
No.2 Illinois Senator [[Barack Obama]]
No.3 Massachusetts Senator [[John Kerry]]
==References==
==References==