Congressionally

The Wall Street Journal has a short report today on the testimony by former Fannie and Freddie executives, as well as their government regulators, in front of the Congressionally-mandated Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission — most recently, the Commission heard from Greenspan and the central bankers.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Fannie Meltdown? 2010

The problem is not that Kagan opposed the Congressionally mandated policy — Beinart agrees with Kagan that DADT is a “moral injustice.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Closing in on a Court Pick 2010

But banks quickly figured out they could get their fees up front and sell loans with little or no serious underwriting, and they passed very high-risk loans to Fannie and Freddie, enabling a housing price bubble fueled by Congressionally approved artificial demand for homes.

Shed No Tears for Fannie and Fred 2011

Angus said ... well the horse is like porno; we know it when we see it, but here maybe a Congressionally mandated national pay scale would fill the bill?

Never underestimate our government 2009

Bartholet, the faculty director of Harvard Law School's Child Advocacy Program, explains that a key driver in the movement towards reducing disproportionality has been the Congressionally mandated National Incidence Study NIS, which periodically tracks incidences of child abuse and neglect.

Daniel Heimpel: The Future of Foster Care: Are We Too Cheap to Keep Children Safe? Daniel Heimpel 2011

A second Federal Reserve study concluded that single-family CRA-related mortgages originated and held in portfolio under the affordable lending programs operated across the country by partners of NeighborWorks (the Congressionally chartered organization dedicated to neighborhood reinvestment and rehabilitation) have, by any measure of delinquency or foreclosure, performed better than subprime and FHA-insured loans, and they have had a lower foreclosure rate than prime loans.

Think Progress » Man ‘disenchanted with the federal government’ indicted for planting pipe bombs in mailboxes. 2010

Those Congressionally created entities saw the fees being collected by the private entities, and the Congressionally created entities got ever more involved in unsound lending pratices.

Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers 2009

We're coming up on the one year anniversary of Dodd Frank and we have no Congressionally approved head of the CFPB.

Lawrence G. McDonald: The Zero Transparency Policy in Our Financial Reform Process and What it Means for Your Investments Lawrence G. McDonald 2011

From working his Capitol Hill connections for multiple pieces of legislation to shepherding the stimulus package, visiting Iraq almost bi-monthly, serving as contrarian to US presence in Afghanistan and ensuring approval of the new START treaty and compromise for the tax package, Biden's value to the Obama administration has continued to rise, especially with the departure of the Congressionally connected Rahm Emmanuel as Chief of Staff.

Nancy Doyle Palmer: Joe Biden Hits His Stride -- A Midterm Report Card With Q&A Nancy Doyle Palmer 2011

Bartholet, the faculty director of Harvard Law School's Child Advocacy Program, explains that a key driver in the movement towards reducing disproportionality has been the Congressionally mandated National Incidence Study NIS, which periodically tracks incidences of child abuse and neglect.

Daniel Heimpel: The Future of Foster Care: Are We Too Cheap to Keep Children Safe? Daniel Heimpel 2011