A couple weeks ago, two Democrats on the House Oversight Committee fumed at their inability to get FHFA Acting Director Ed DeMarco in for a meeting about the Administration’s proposal to allow more people with Fannie and Freddie-backed loans to refinance. I wrote at the time: Reps. Elijah Cummings and Dennis Cardoza (the latter a [...]

There is a little life left in at least some House Democrats, particularly the ones who have been irked by Administration housing policy. Reps. Elijah Cummings and Dennis Cardoza (the latter a Blue Dog, but from an area battered by housing woes, and so OK on this issue) requested a meeting with Ed DeMarco of [...]

The biggest thing that can be done to solve the foreclosure fraud crisis right now is to give homeowners the tools they need to challenge their cases in court. I sympathize with Dennis Cardoza’s anger that nothing has been done at the federal level, but to be honest, the day that the feds get involved [...]

As I understand it, the Treasury Department controls the HAMP program and most of the other foreclosure mitigation strategies, so it seems to me that Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) is taking the wrong hostage. But at least he’s seeking real action: The House will vote Thursday on a measure to strip the travel budget of [...]

A major development: Chris Carney (D-PA) will vote yes on the health care bill. Carney was sort of part of the Stupak bloc, but wasn’t on the list of Democrats who co-sponsored Bart Stupak’s ultimately failed amendment. Carney was present at a meeting between Speaker Pelosi and three anti-choice Democrats (Carney, Kathy Dahlkemper and Steve [...]

Multiple reports say that the House will drop the “deem and pass” strategy and instead hold three separate votes on Sunday – a vote on the rule, a vote on reconciliation, and a vote on the Senate bill. Dennis Cardoza, who criticized the “deem and pass” strategy of consolidating two votes into one, praised the [...]

A couple updates on the whip count: • Dennis Cardoza seemed to say in the House Rules Committee that he would oppose the effort to “deem and pass” the bill with one vote: Cardoza, a previously undecided lawmaker who’d voted to pass Democrats’ healthcare bill in November, said he would vote against the process his [...]