WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse.
Republican firm ran 'stealth lobbying campaign' for Freddie Mac
Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 8:11 p.m. CDT
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