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Jeff Merkley: “The failure to stop the foreclosure process while saying that there may be a remedy means that potentially you are…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2011
The failure to stop the foreclosure process while saying that there may be a remedy means that potentially you are saying, yes, we may find after 3 months that you have been unfairly--had your home taken away, but too bad.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes the foreclosure process for potentially harming homeowners without proper remedies.

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