All posts tagged "congress"
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1.6KDeutsche BankForeclosure Specialists Fannie and Freddie Spin a Deal Only the Foreclosure Kings in Trumps Cabinet Know Will Generate Cash by Sacrificing Homeowners Again
The Trump administration is vastly expanding the scope of condominium purchases eligible for lower-down-payment loans. The move by the Federal Housing Administration,...
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1.9K1Deutsche BankDeutsche Bank and the Wolves of Trump Street
But Deutsche Bank, too, played a large role in a variety of transactions related to 1MDB. In the most recent version of...
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1.6KDonald TrumpLyin’ Ted Update: Texas Senator and Attorney Who Claimed Amnesia About the Law fined $35,000 and Most Likely Will be Paid for by Goldman Sachs
Bank loans to candidates and loans derived from advances on a candidate’s brokerage accounts, credit cards, home equity line of credit, or...
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3.1K1Donald TrumpWho is Solicitor General of Texas Kyle Douglas Hawkins?
Despite your colleague, Mr Mateer's wonderful legal history and lessons about the separation of State and Federal functions when corresponding with the...
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1.6KEditors ChoiceShock? Horror? No, it’s Just Texas House Republicans are Doing What they Do Best. And Empower Texans’ Sullivan is Milking the Cows
Sullivan, CEO of Empower Texans, alleged last week that Bonnen and state Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Lubbock Republican who chairs the House...
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3.4K1Editors ChoiceWho’s the Drunk Blonde in a Chevy Making a Buzz by Running for the Supreme Court of Texas with a Bottle of Mike’s Hard Lemonade to Go?
Triana failed multiple field sobriety tests, the affidavit said, failing to touch heel to toe, stepped off line twice and took the...
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2.9K1Donald TrumpDonald Trump and the Seven Texas Federalists
President Donald Trump, with the help of Mitch McConnell, has made a big push during his presidency to fill judicial roles, especially...
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1.2KDonald TrumpLyin’ Ted of Texas Writes with Support of Twenty Senators Who Have Urged the Treasury to Follow Up On Their Idea to Give the Wealthy Another Tax Cut via Executive Order.
Rallying around to stir more hyperbole, in a letter sent to Steve Foreclosure King Mnuchin on Monday, the Lyin' Senator from Texas urged the...
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2.9KEditors ChoiceHarris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s Ethical Challenge Just Became Reality. Stopping Bribery by Refusing Vendor Contributions has Dented Her Revenues.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo raised a smaller sum than her Commissioners Court colleagues in the first six months of 2019 after...
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1.6KNewsNeed Some Big Ole Texas Government Cash? Hire One of Gov. Gregg Abbott’s Former Aides if Your Wallet is Big Enough and Your Wish Will Be Granted
There are no lobbying limits at the Legislature. A lawmaker or legislative aide can work in the Texas Senate or House one...
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3.7KDonald TrumpWhy Danielle Stella, the Republican running for Congress against Ilhan Omar in Minnesota, is the Perfect Candidate
Danielle Stella was arrested twice this year in Minneapolis suburbs over allegations that she shoplifted items worth more than $2,300 from a...
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1.7KKen PaxtonWendy Who? The Only Politically Savvy Wendys We Know In Texas Offers Fresh Meat and Has the Best Twitter Account Trolling MacDonalds
The National Republican Campaign Committee, the GOP's fundraising arm in Congress, called it "beyond parody that Wendy Davis is attempting to make...
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1.5KEditors ChoiceAre Texas State Representatives Selling Texans Out? The Subtle and Less Noticed Changes in Texas Laws and Legislature are Being Used to Help Financial Institutions Wreak Havoc on those Struggling with Credit Card Debt
The country’s largest debt-buying companies, which acquire uncollected bills written off by banks, are reporting record profits. In Texas, the steep growth...
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1.8KDonald TrumpTrump’s Pick is Walmart Corporation Defender Gene Scalia, son of late Supreme Court Justice Scalia, for Secretary of Labor Vacancy
In 2005, Walmart hired Scalia to defend against whistleblower lawsuits by employees who alleged wrongdoing in the company. Scalia also helped overturn...
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1.7KFederal LawA Nation is Watching (and Listening) to the Fifth Circuit Wordsmithing Opinions in Cases They Have Prejudged but Need to Manipulate
Judges whom we think of as textualists construct their sense of objective meaning from what the evidence that they are willing to...
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5.6KDeed of TrustForeclosure Mill Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, LLP now calling themselves BDF Law Group are also known Lobbyists in Texas. Here’s a Reminder of How Texas Still Allows its Citizens Homes to be Illegally Impounded and Sold by a Criminal Enterprise
Overseeing a case last year involving James Patrick Allen, a homeowner in Victoria, Tex., Judge Steen examined BDF Law Group's conduct in...
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1.5KDebt CollectorThe Anti-Consumer Watchdog called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Is Unfriendly to Constituents and Unconstitutional
In Collins, the court was posed the question of whether FHFA’s leadership structure, which is almost identical to the bureau’s, violated the...
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2.2KFederal LawThe Law of the Case Doctrine Applied by Utah Supreme Court to Aid Texas Trustee to Foreclose on Utah Home
The Summary of the Opinion - The Comptroller (at the helm is Joseph Otting, AKA former Foreclosure Magnet and sidekick to Steve...
