Dissent over plan to let Fannie, Freddie buy more subprime loans 
Democrat says OFHEO's warnings worth heeding
By Matt Carter, Friday, November 2, 2007.Democrats haven't embraced a proposal to give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac additional leeway to refinance $125 billion in subprime mortgages, with one legislator going so far as to post a letter on his Web site from a Bush administration official that shoots the idea down.
Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., wrote James Lockhart, the head of the federal regulator that oversees the safety and soundness of Fannie and Freddie, on Oct. 24, asking for his views on a proposal to temporarily increase Fannie and Freddie's debt limits.
In his Oct.
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