Lawmakers Clash over Means of Implementing GSE Reform

A House subcommittee convened Tuesday to mark-up eight bills aimed at winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. While lawmakers agree that reform is needed, they were divided on just how to proceed with the medley of individual bills in front of them. Republicans' string of separate bills, which could ultimately tally 24, is a conscious effort to pull in Democratic support on individual reforms. But some are calling the multiple-bill approach for a single-end-goal "scattered" and "without vision."

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http://www.dsnews.com/articles/house-republicans-introduce-8-bills-to-speed-wind-down-of-gses-2011-03-29

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