Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac : turning the American dream into a nightmare / Oonagh McDonald.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-461) and index.

Introduction -- Timeline -- The seeds are sown -- Two more tools in the tool-kit -- The role of the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) -- Mortgage data -- The "mission regulator" for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- The GSEs and the developing crisis -- The dominance of the GSEs -- The beginning of the end for Freddie Mac -- The beginning of the end for Fannie Mae -- The years 2005 to 2007 : drinking in the last chance saloon -- The subprime market grew and grew and no one knew -- Why did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac get away with it for so long? -- The end cometh -- What next? -- Appendix. Membership of the House Committee on Financial Services ; Membership of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee ; Fannie and Freddie's contributions to members of the House Committee on Financial Services ; Fannie and Freddie's contributions to members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee ; Years in which Fannie Mae was a top 100 contributor to the campaign fund of a member of the House Financial Services Committee ; Years in which Fannie Mae was a top 100 contributor to the campaign fund of a member of the Senate Banking Committee ; Contributions from Fannie Mae to Senate Banking Committee ; Contributions to presidential candidates ; Fannie's annual lobbying expenditure ; Real estate lobbying expenditure ; Lobbying reports for 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.