Wow, September 16th seems so long ago.
What’s funny is that this article on FT.com predates even that:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8780c35e-7e91-11dd-b1af-000077b07658.html
The bill’s sponsor - Mike Oxley (not quite the torrid liberal) - seems to blame the White House and Greenspan for the failure of that bill. Democrats love regulation, remember!
I’m just adding factual data to this thread :
Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 1461 - Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=24851
Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 1427 - Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=74353