Barney Frank: “On October 26, 2005, the House passed the GSE bill that came out of the committee chaired by Mr. Oxley that had a…”

“On October 26, 2005, the House passed the GSE bill that came out of the committee chaired by Mr. Oxley that had a housing trust fund virtually identical to this one. This one is financed a little differently at the request of the Treasury Department, but it's essentially the same thing. The vote was 331-90. Republicans voted in favor of this bill containing this housing tax 209-15, and among those who joined in the majority, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sessions). So I appreciate his concern for this. It did not appear to be evident in October of 2005 when he joined 208 of his Republican colleagues in voting for essentially this same fund.”