Nearly a dozen industry trade groups sent a letter Tuesday to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives, urging them to support legislative changes to loosen up the points-and-fees cap associated with the qualified-mortgage standard. The legislative vehicle of choice is the bipartisan H.R. 1153, the Mortgage Choice Act (not to be confused with the far more comprehensive, and controversial, Financial CHOICE Act). The measure was introduced in February by ...