Things are beginning to be written naming who was for and who was against reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Here’s one that names our own Sen. Elizabeth Dole as being on the reform side. And on the hands-off side? Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry:
During this period, Sen. Richard Shelby led a small group of legislators favoring reform, including fellow Republican Sens. John Sununu, Chuck Hagel and Elizabeth Dole. Meanwhile, Dodd — who along with Democratic Sens. John Kerry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were the top four recipients of Fannie and Freddie campaign contributions from 1988 to 2008 — actively opposed such measures and further weakened existing regulation.
