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Dick Durbin: “I ask the Senator, through the Chair, if he is aware of the fact that this only applies to mortgages, subprime mortgages…”

On the recordApril 3, 2008
I ask the Senator, through the Chair, if he is aware of the fact that this only applies to mortgages, subprime mortgages on a primary residence that had been entered into as of the date of the enactment of legislation, not to any future mortgages of any kind?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the applicability of legislation regarding subprime mortgages.

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