By Benton Ives, CQ Staff Landmark housing legislation could be on its way to President Bush by the end of the week after the House passed the package

By Patrick Temple-West and Andrew Ackerman WASHINGTON - The House voted yesterday to pass a massive housing reform package that extends a lifeline to beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and is laden with tax-exempt bond provisions, including the elimination of the alternative minimum tax for housing bonds.
Lawmakers sped the bill to a vote to ensure that the two government-sponsored enterprises have access to capital. The Senate is expected to receive the bill from the House today and vote on it by the end of the week, Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said.
only first-time buyers. And it allows subprime loans to be temporarily

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A wide-ranging housing rescue plan passed by the US House of Representatives on Wednesday could help ease the downward spiral in the

By Jesse A. Hamilton on July 23, 2008 12:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) The congressional attempt to fix the crisis in the housing market -- specifically