Mortgage Bailout to Cost Taxpayers Billions

The federal government's decision to seize control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this weekend may stabilize the troubled housing markets, but it'll also add billions to the federal deficit.


$10.5 Trillion and Counting: Bill Would Raise Federal Debt Limit

You may not have noticed this – and maybe you're not supposed to – but tucked away in the housing bailout bill is a provision to raise the national debt ceiling, the total am

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