The House’s hopeful plan for the housing crisis
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are scheduled to take up a proposed bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It’s a bill that has President Bush and congressional Democrats seeing eye-to-eye. Guest: James Politi, Financial Times
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