Sens. Corker, Warner Critical of PATH Act In House, Confident in Their GSE Reform Bill
September 26, 2013
The House Republic legislation to eliminate the government-sponsored enterprises and replace them with private capital has no chance of passing in the Senate, according to Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN. He said the bipartisan approach he crafted with Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, has a better chance of passing through Congress and maintaining wide availability of 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. Going to a completely privatized system today to me is not something that has one chance of passing, Corker said late last week in a conversation with Warner, hosted by Zillow. Corker was referring to H.R. 2767, the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act, which the House Financial Services Committee approved in July. The bill isnt on the Houses fall legislative agenda. What Mark and I have done is...