Senate nixes mortgage 'cram downs'

Bankruptcy judges won't get the power to rewrite the terms of mortgages on primary residences anytime soon, after a dozen Democrats joined Republicans in the Senate on Thursday and voted against tacking bankruptcy "cram down" legislation onto another housing bill.

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