https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/10/03/did-frank-have-a-conflict-of-interest-at-fannie-mae/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 20:07:27 -0400<![CDATA[Now that Congress has passed the bailout emergency liquidity bill, we can expect that both Democrats and Republicans will attempt to define the catastrophic failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac quickly and energetically.  Democrats such as Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have already started calling it a failure of &#8220;deregulation&#8221; and greed, while Republicans have attacked Democrats like Chris Dodd and Barney Frank for blocking action to tighten regulatory control over the two giant lenders.  Bill Sammon at Fox News reports on one potential argument for a conflict of interest that may have Frank on the defensive:]]>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:30:54 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/10/03/did-frank-have-a-conflict-of-interest-at-fannie-mae-n157743