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• Bush Officials Launch Mortgage Coalition

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Officials, Launch, Mortgage, Coalition, Henry M Paulson, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, Alphonso Jackson, Barney Frank, Charles Schumer, Nadeam Elshami, Nancy Pelosi, Federal Housing Administration, Housing Policy Council, Mortgage Bankers Association, U S Hou

  Responding to the rise in foreclosures, the Bush administration yesterday announced the creation of a mortgage industry coalition to "step up efforts" to prevent people from losing their homes.

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• Bush Administration Wants to Eliminate Downpayment Assistance Programs

  Published: October 30, 2007, 10:50 pm

  Tags: Downpayment Assistance Program, Alphonso Jackson

  nonprofits.HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson believes with the recent foreclosures occurring because of subprime loans, an increased number of borrowers will seek downpayment assistance and place enormous fiscal stress on the FHA. However, Secretary Jackson is overlooking the fact that if downpayment assistance programs are shut out, even more

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• Deal in the Works To Freeze Rates on Subprime Loans

  Published: December 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Deal, The, Works, Freeze, Rates, Subprime, Loans, Countrywide Financial Corporation, Wall Street, Henry M Paulson, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, California, Citigroup Inc, Gmac Llc, The Wall Street Journal, Wells Fargo Amp Company, Alphonso Jackson, Andr

  Mortgage rates for homeowners with spotty credit histories would be temporarily frozen under a nearly completed agreement between top Bush administration officials and a broad alliance of Wall Street's biggest banks, mortgage investors, nonprofits and consumer groups.

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• HUD Chief Accused of Retaliation

  Published: February 4, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hud, Chief, Accused, Retaliation, Alphonso Jackson, Kenny Gamble, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Housing Authority, George W Bush, Kim Kendrick, Dominique Blom, South Carolina, U S Virgin Islands, Andre Dasent, Arlen Spect

  Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson demanded that the Philadelphia Housing Authority transfer a $2 million public property to a developer at a substantial discount, then retaliated against the housing authority when it refused to do so, a recent court filing alleges.

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• HUD's Exhibitionist

  Published: February 20, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hud S, Exhibitionist, Alphonso Jackson, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, George W Bush, Sidney Blumenthal, Fidel Castro, New Orleans, Steven Hatfill, Ted Stevens, Toni Locy, U S Department Of Justice, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Texas, U S Virgin Isla

  Spring is almost here. And that means tourists are on their way to see the monuments, the pandas, and exhibits at the new National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery's East Building or the National Museum of Natural History.

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• An insider's guide to the upcoming week

  Published: February 25, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Insider S, Guide, The, Upcoming, Week, Hillary Clinton, Pakistan, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, Alphonso Jackson, Joseph Biden, Afghanistan, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, George Casey, John Kerry, John Negropo

  After a harrowing ride last Thursday aboard helicopters in Afghanistan, three senior senators may find listening to testimony this week about U.S. policy toward Pakistan a far easier experience. A snowstorm forced Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) to make...

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• An insider's guide to the upcoming week

  Published: February 25, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Insider S, Guide, The, Upcoming, Week, Hillary Clinton, Pakistan, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, Alphonso Jackson, Joseph Biden, Afghanistan, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, George Casey, John Kerry, John Negropo

  After a harrowing ride last Thursday aboard helicopters in Afghanistan, three senior senators may find listening to testimony this week about U.S. policy toward Pakistan a far easier experience. A snowstorm forced Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) to make...

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• HUD E-Mails Refer to Retaliation

  Published: March 12, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hud, E Mails, Refer, Retaliation, Alphonso Jackson, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, Carl R Greene, Kenny Gamble, Philadelphia, Kim Kendrick, Bob Casey, Orlando J Cabrera, Philadelphia Housing Authority, Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter, The Washington Pos

  After Philadelphia's housing director refused a demand by President Bush's housing secretary to transfer a piece of city property to a business friend, two top political appointees at the department exchanged e-mails discussing the pain they could cause the Philadelphia director.

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• Housing chief quits amid investigations

  Published: April 1, 2008, 7:52 am

  Tags: Alphonso Jackson Resigns Corruption

  Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson said that he is leaving office on April 18 "to attend more diligently to personal and family matters." Jackson, who took office in March 2004, made no mention of federal investigations into whether he influenced the awarding of contracts.

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• Obama Evening News & Roundup -- Booing the President

  Published: March 31, 2008, 9:59 pm

  Tags: George W Bush, Barack Obama, Washington Nationals, Penn State, Amy Klobuchar, Pennsylvania, Phillip Butler, Pow, Jackie Mason, Bosnia, Hillary Clinton, Tuzla, Elizabeth Edwards, Iran, Alphonso Jackson, Hud, Appalachians, Mountaintop Removal, Jay Z, Rap, Obama Evening Ne

  George Bush was booed for his final Opening Day trip.While the next President of the United States was cheered wildly by a crowd of 22,000:Obama took up Pat Buchanan's dare for him to go to the White blue-collar towns of Pennsylvania who were sup

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• Alphonso Jackson's State Of Mind

  Published: March 31, 2008, 9:48 am

  Tags: Bush Administration, Alphonso Jackson

  it's hard to keep track. But Alphonso Jackson's tenure is particularly notable for its callousness and incompetence.Perhaps nothing expresses Jackson's attitude towards his responsibility as housing secretary more than this anecdote, at the bottom of the Times report:In 2004, less than two months after his confirmation as housing secretary, Mr.

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• Jackson Resigns as HUD Secretary

  Published: April 1, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Jackson, Resigns, Hud, Secretary, Alphonso Jackson, George W Bush, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, The White House, Texas, Dallas, St Louis, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Philadelphia Housing Authority, U S Department Of Justice, Washington Dc

  Embattled Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced his resignation yesterday, leaving the Bush administration without a top housing official in the midst of a vast mortgage crisis that has shaken the global economy.

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• Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan

  Published: March 29, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Readies, Mortgage, Aid, Plan, Barney Frank, The White House, Federal Housing Administration, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Ben Bernanke, Chuck Grassley, Henry M Paulson, Wall Street, Jp Morgan Chase Amp Co, Merrill Lynch Amp Co Inc, Alphonso Jackson, Europe, Francis Crei

  The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said.

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• Jackson Resigns as HUD Secretary

  Published: April 1, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Jackson, Resigns, Hud, Secretary, Alphonso Jackson, George W Bush, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, The White House, Texas, Dallas, St Louis, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Philadelphia Housing Authority, U S Department Of Justice, Washington Dc

  Embattled Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced his resignation yesterday, leaving the Bush administration without a top housing official in the midst of a vast mortgage crisis that has shaken the global economy.

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• Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan

  Published: March 29, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Readies, Mortgage, Aid, Plan, Barney Frank, The White House, Federal Housing Administration, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Ben Bernanke, Chuck Grassley, Henry M Paulson, Wall Street, Jp Morgan Chase Amp Co, Merrill Lynch Amp Co Inc, Alphonso Jackson, Europe, Francis Crei

  The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said.

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