Posted on 12/22/2008 5:39:21 PM PST by Libloather
Frank criticizes White House over housing
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said the White House is to blame for the federal housing program passed last summer that has shown little results.
Frank, the chairman of the House Banking Committee, said the $300 billion Hope for Homeowners program has not shown significant results because the Bush administration's role in drafting and implementing the legislation, The Hill reported Monday.
Recent reports by the news media have cited low participation in the Hope for Homeowners program. While this is certainly an issue, and one that Chairman Frank is committed to fixing, some Bush administration officials have blamed Congress for the problems in participation. That charge is incorrect; and the facts tell a different story, said Frank spokesman Steve Adamske.
The Hope for Homeowners program, run under the aegis of the Housing and Urban Development agency, has attracted just a few hundred applications.
For its part, the White House said it responded appropriately to the housing crisis.
I think we are satisfied with the aggressiveness of our response, that when we saw the problems in the housing market we quickly tried to develop programs to deal with it, said White House spokesman Tony Fratto. You're always going to have people looking back and second-guessing decisions that the administration makes or doesn't make.
Homo says what?
Barney should know...he provided housing for a ring of gay teenage hookers, didn’t he?
Someone ought to hang this fairy out to dry until he personally pays for the FM/FM disaster...how is that for starters??? Him and his partner-in-crime Dodd. And of course, overseeing this justice would be Carter and Clinton for their part in forcing the disaster that nearly stopped the world from turning -——
And they all walk away as free men. What is wrong with this picture???
$300 billion for just a few hundred applications. Wow.
Bush so needs to come out and correct this fool Frank, NOW!
Dunno Barney, it wasn’t Bush who had a ‘boyfriend’ working at Fannie Mae.
I look forward to the day someone’s fist is hit by this queer’s face.
LLS
When has he ever? He’s a DAMN disgrace to our party. He’s a TOOL! He has let these dumboRATS piss all over us while at the same time French kissing Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton. F***k him!
Bullsh*t! They couldn’t even take Bill Clinton out.
I echo your deleted sentiment!! We cannot afford to be banned for using bad words..but we all know how we feel. Anyone for coming over and singing BahHumBug carols and having eggnog?
I hope Frank keeping shooting off his mouth (no pun intended) so that maybe someday enough people will understand him well enough to refrain from putting him back in office.
What kind of mindset do the people of Massachussets have, anyway? Or is the implication that they even have a mindset a bit of an overstatement?
It didn’t work in PA, they re-elected Murtha after he mocked his actual constituency.
I know; that really dismayed me. You gotta wonder, what does it take to really get their attention?
ITA! he’s done nothing but take the high road for 8 years and where has it gotten him? sometimes you have to get down in the mud and fight.
I am still wondering about that!! Something is wrong there BAD wrong.
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