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Obama's Predatory Lending Concerns

Addressing some of our fact-check backlog -- wolkingsworld Tweeted early in the debate wondering about Biden's statement that Obama sounded the alarm two years ago about subprime mortgages.

Our fantastic reference librarian Mary Glendinning found this from The IRE Journal March 2006 - April 2006 (a publication of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.):

...The reaction to our five-part series was swift. Citing the Tribune's report, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama called on the Senate Banking Committee to hold hearings on "the growing predatory practice of mortgage fraud."...

A Chicago Tribune article about Obama's call for a hearing is reproduced on Obama's website.

-- Evie Stone

10:54 PM ET | 10- 2-2008 | permalink

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