From The Center for Public Integrity: In April 2006, Rachel Steinmetz, a senior loan underwriter at GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, flagged a loan application supported, she said, by a trio of frauds — overstated income, an overstated appraisal and a fake tenant lease agreement.
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Half Of GOP’s Biggest Bundlers Still Haven’t Picked A Presidential Candidate To Back
From The Center for Public Integrity: For the last three presidential elections, mega bundler Rudy Boschwitz has helped raise millions of dollars for Republicans running for the White House.
ANALYSIS: The Health Care Industry’s Stranglehold On Congress
From The Center for Public Integrity: One of the reasons why Congress has been largely unable to make the American health care system more efficient and equitable is because of the stranglehold lobbyists for special interests have on the institution.
15 Tea Party Caucus Freshmen Rake In $3.5 Million In First 9 Months In Washington
From The Center for Public Integrity: On her website, Rep. Diane Black asks constituents to join advisory panels in her Tennessee district. “I believe the best ideas to solve our nation’s problems will come from people like you,” Black writes, “not Washington bureaucrats and special interest groups.”
Walmart’s High Cost of Low Prices Threatens Linden
by James Devine LINDEN — The battle between ShopRite and Walmart is one taxpayers should know about because the deck is stacked against a company with a reputation of caring for the community, good shopping values, generous treatment of employees…
Democrats condemn transit cuts proposed by Republicans in Congress
Massive service cuts, serious fare increases, and dangerous traveling conditions for New Jersey transit riders would result from the multi-year transportation re-authorization bill proposed by Republicans in Congress. Democrat James Devine, of Rahway, on Tuesday joined bus drivers, passengers and other activists…
American citizen born in Puerto Rico faced deportation
A Chicago man who spent the weekend in jail and faced deportation on suspicion he is in the country illegally said what happened to him illustrates the need for America to change the way it deals with immigration. Eduardo Caraballo…
What America Means To Me
by James J. Devine, Publisher, Atom Tabloid & Citizen-Gazette Some people are upset about an advertisement that appeared in newspapers I publish. Created by an organization – http://www.tompaine.com – that believes President Bush is using the call to arms against Iraq…