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Reuters: U.S. House approves bill to rebuild FHA coffers

By Corbett B. Daly

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to shore up the finances of the cash-strapped Federal Housing Administration while also backing a measure to raise the loan limits for FHA-backed mortgages used to develop some apartment buildings.

McClatchy News Service via Miami Herald: Pro-consumer measures in financial regulation bill

By DAVID LIGHTMAN AND KEVIN G. HALL

The draft legislation that lawmakers used as their starting point Thursday for writing the final version of the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression contains key provisions to combat predatory lending and provide relief from foreclosure.

New York Times: Congressional Negotiators Start Effort to Merge Versions of Financial Reform Bills

By Sewell Chan

Negotiators from the House and Senate gathered on Thursday to merge two bills representing the most comprehensive changes to financial regulation since the Depression, but the script they acted out was largely being written elsewhere.

House Passes Congresswoman Waters’ Legislation to Help Homeowners, Reform Federal Housing Administration

FHA Reform Act passage

Congresswoman Waters Raises Questions about Impact of Comcast-NBC Merger

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-35) participated in a House Judiciary Committee field hearing yesterday on the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal.

The Proposed Combination of Comcast and NBC Universal

LA field hearing Comcast NBC

L.A. Sentinel: Rep. Waters Challenges Banks

By Yussuf J. Simmonds
Sentinel Managing Editor

Congresswoman Waters Hails Legislation to Crack Down on Discrimination in Housing

Housing Discrimination

Liability Issues Surrounding the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster

Judiciary hearing on legal liabilities in oil spill