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  • noun Plural form of cramdown.

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Examples

  • To some degree I agree but I think what Speaker Pelosi and others are proposing of full cramdowns is a complete disaster.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Ilya 2009

  • To some degree I agree but I think what Speaker Pelosi and others are proposing of full cramdowns is a complete disaster.

    Why Cramdowns Are a Bad Idea xtra 2009

  • "No, that is what is called the cramdowns, which is so objectionable that Obama didn't even want it jammed into the stabilization bill," said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers when asked if McCain supports giving bankruptcy judges the power to re-adjust the interest rate and principal to help people stay in their homes.

    Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire 2008

  • "No, that is what is called the cramdowns, which is so objectionable that Obama didn't even want it jammed into the stabilization bill," said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers when asked if McCain supports giving bankruptcy judges the power to re-adjust the interest rate and principal to help people stay in their homes.

    Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire 2008

  • "No, that is what is called the cramdowns, which is so objectionable that Obama didn't even want it jammed into the stabilization bill," said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers when asked if McCain supports giving bankruptcy judges the power to re-adjust the interest rate and principal to help people stay in their homes.

    Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire 2008

  • "No, that is what is called the cramdowns, which is so objectionable that Obama didn't even want it jammed into the stabilization bill," said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers when asked if McCain supports giving bankruptcy judges the power to re-adjust the interest rate and principal to help people stay in their homes.

    Nevada Thunder 2008

  • Until Washington embraced the politics of housing panic, even sensible Democrats recognized that allowing such mortgage "cramdowns" was a terrible idea, sure to punish future borrowers with higher rates as lenders calculate the increased risk.

    Bank of the United States 2009

  • In spring of this year, the banks defeated a proposal, which had been expected to pass, to authorize "cramdowns" of mortgages in bankruptcy.

    Robert Weissman: The Financial Crisis One Year Later: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same 2009

  • The mortgage issue and questions about how banks, such as Chase and BofA, review documents have reopened Democratic calls for changes in bankruptcy laws that would allow for "cramdowns"

    Democratic lawmakers want foreclosures suspended nationally - Phoenix Business Journal 2010

  • Until Washington embraced the politics of housing panic, even sensible Democrats recognized that allowing such mortgage "cramdowns" was a terrible idea, sure to punish future borrowers with higher rates as lenders calculate the increased risk.

    From On High 2009

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