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  March 16, 2009 Mortgage Cramdown Plan Hits Turbulence in Senate A central piece of President Barack Obama's plan to aid strapped homeowners is running into turbulence in the Senate as Democrats

  March 13, 2009 Senate Democrats Seek Support for Mortgage Modification Bill Key Democratic lawmakers are courting support from the financial services industry, including credit unions, for

  March 12, 2009 Impact of Chapter 11 Change on Retailers Debated by House Panel Legal experts debated before a House Judiciary subcommittee yesterday whether BAPCPA tends to force large retailers

  March 11, 2009 House Panel to Examine Circuit City Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Issues The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law will be holding a hearing today at 2 p.m. ET

  March 10, 2009 Senate Panel to Examine Further Regulation of Securities Markets The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing today entitled “Investor Protection and the Regulation of Securities

  March 9, 2009 Oversight of Bank Bailouts Criticized Congressional investigators are criticizing the Obama administration for failing to police deals in which banks participating in the $700 billion

  March 6, 2009 Mortgage Cramdown Debate Moves to the Senate While the House of Representatives approved mortgage cramdown legislation 234 to 191 yesterday, the bill's fate in the Senate remains

  March 5, 2009 House to Vote Today on Mortgage Modification Legislation The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on legislation that would allow bankruptcy judges to change mortgage

  March 4, 2009 Legislators Temper Mortgage Relief Bill House Democrats have reached an agreement to narrow the impact of legislation allowing bankruptcy judges to modify primary mortgages of chapter

  March 3, 2009 House Lawmakers Discussing New Restrictions to 'Cramdown' Measure Lawmakers are discussing whether to tighten language in the mortgage cramdown legislation to clarify that chapter 13