A mortgage-aid bill that would really help (Miami Herald)
Story date: 2008-06-01 01:00:23
Added on: 2008-06-01 03:26:53
Here's a simple message on a complicated topic -- the housing aid package being crafted in Congress: Lawmakers should endorse the version approved by a Senate committee last month. The White House should stop dithering and give the bill its unequivocal support. This rescue package is no magic bullet. Yet it represents the most ambitious effort by the government so far to help troubled borrowers ...
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