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Republicans Want Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be Private Companies Again
Washington Post, Feb. 1, 2019–Renae Merle
A decade after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed under government control, a key Senate Republican on Friday proposed allowing them to return to being private companies.