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To: James Lough who wrote (391103)11/4/2010 2:26:07 PM
From: Joe NYC  Respond to of 793570
 
Re: Freddie Fannie

In addition to rules breaking down, these 2 entities have political - and corrupt. In 2008 cycle (when the huge losses were all but inevitable) they spent $4.8 mil on political contributions. Top 3 contributions:

Dodd, Christopher J S CT D $165,400
Obama, Barack S IL D $126,349
Kerry, John S MA D $111,000

opensecrets.org

There are some Republicans on the list as well, no doubt ones on committees overseeing them....