... 250,000 at firms that have received more than $5 billion in federal bailout funds. Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are covered under the proposal. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the bill would be voted on under rules ...

... administrations, often acting in concert with the Federal Reserve, have engineered the takeover of housing titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, seized a large stake in several banks and installed a new CEO at bailed-out insurance giant American International ...

... and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this year as the government seized control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and insurer American International Group Inc. But analysts say it would be a mistake to say Friday's market reversal ...

... urging them to use a loan modification approach adopted earlier this month by mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which his agency regulates. Soaring foreclosures are a driving force behind the credit crisis that has upended Wall ...

... seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, lawmakers on Tuesday blamed former ... Mae CEO Daniel Mudd and former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron disregarded recommendations ... the two companies in September, Freddie Mac asked for an injection of ...

... 600 billion in direct debt and mortgage-backed securities issued by big financial players including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an effort to boost the availability of mortgage loans. That move was one of a series the central bank has taken ...

... would begin. The central bank will buy securities guaranteed by the government-backed home loan giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. Consumers have been whipsawed by home prices, the deteriorating job market and shrinking nest eggs ...

... federal government announced they were going to buy $500 billion of mortgage backed securities held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. When they announced that, those securities became much more desirable, and investors started to buy them. When ...

... recently, such as the Treasury Department's declaration that it "effectively" backs the debts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Future governments could balk at honoring those guarantees. Now, one reason the United States should not have to ...

... to give banks an incentive to make loans at rates currently estimated at 4 percent to 4.5 percent. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were seized by the federal government in September, would be required to purchase the mortgages once banks ...