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On Housing and Finance, Republicans Failed to Protect American Consumers and the Economy
Setting the Record Straight – The Housing Crisis
The Truth about the Community Reinvestment Act
On Housing Finance, the Difference between Democrats and Republicans Has Been Night and Day
Myths and falsehoods about the purported link between affordable housing initiatives and the financial crisis (Media Matters for America, 10/13/08)
How Did This Happen? Facts on the Core Causes of the Economic Meldown (Media Matters Action Network and the Center for American Progress Action Fund)
Experts Fault Bush’s Mortgage Strategy (Roll Call, 10/23/08)
Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis (McClatchy Newspapers, 10/12/08)
Misplaced Blame (New York Times, 10/15/08)
Blame Game Gets Nasty When It Targets the Poor (Washington Post, 10/12/08)
A lame rap aimed at poor folks (Chicago Tribune, 10/8/08)
Crisis has nothing to do with Reinvestment Act (Houston Chronicle, 10/11/08)
Blame game (Houston Chronicle, 10/15/08)
Subprime scapegoats (Boston Globe, 10/11/08)
Subprime Suspects (Slate, 10/7/08)
Don't blame minorities for economic meltdown (Kansas City Star, 10/13/08)
Foreclosure Prevention Guide (10/15/08)
Resources for Questions Regarding the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (10/15/08)
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