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Wed 2 Apr 2008

Senators Focus Their Attention On How To Help The Troubled U.S. Housing Market

.. ..Senators to be debating a bipartisan housing relief measure.. ..Senators agree to make deal on housing.. ..Senators agreed to cast partisan differences aside and put housing relief on the fast track.. ..pledged to work together to forge a housing solution.. ..the unprecedented role the Federal Reserve played by stepping into.. ..broader government action is needed to prevent a torrent of new foreclosures.. ..Senators set to debate housing crisis.. ..the different environment caused by last month’s collapse of Bear Stearns.. ..the new pledge of cooperation was the latest sign of fast-growing consensus among Congress.. ..further collapse of the housing and residential mortgage markets.. ..rising foreclosures and freezing credit markets.. ..Senate leaders acted under pressure to help Main Street.. ..Republican and Democratic leaders agreed to come up with a bill to aid homeowners and the market.. ..Senator Dodd says the package will deal with the core issues in the housing market.. ..resignation of Alphonso Jackson, the Bush administration’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development.. ..the government saved a Wall Street firm from bankruptcy.. ..Republicans were able to block the bill in February.. ..accusations that Mr. Jackson threatened to withdraw federal aid from the Philadelphia Housing Authority.. ..

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