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Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Savings estimated at $30 billion.
Since taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government sponsored mortgage-backing companies, taxpayers have injected over $145 billion into the two companies. Yet Congress still has not considered proposals to reform these companies and recoup taxpayer funds. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that absent reform, costs to taxpayer will continue to grow. Taking action to reform these companies now (as opposed to delaying action as some have proposed) by ending their government conservatorship, shrinking their portfolios, establishing minimum capital standards, and bringing transparency to taxpayer exposure could generate savings of up to an estimated $30 billion.

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The Up-Or-Down Vote On This Cut

Each week, the public votes on one of five wasteful spending items, then the House votes on the item chosen by the people. You told Washington where you stood, here is how your Representatives in Washington stood.

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Rep. Gary Ackerman
New York - 5
Rep. Robert Aderholt
Alabama - 4
Rep. John Adler
New Jersey - 3
Rep. Todd Akin
Missouri - 2
Rep. Rodney Alexander
Louisiana - 5
Rep. Jason Altmire
Pennsylvania - 4
Rep. Robert E. Andrews
New Jersey - 1
Rep. Michael A. Arcuri
New York - 24
Rep. Steve Austria
Ohio - 7
Rep. Joe Baca
California - 43
Rep. Michele Bachmann
Minnesota - 6
Rep. Spencer Bachus
Alabama - 6
Rep. Brian Baird
Washington - 3
Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Wisconsin - 2
Rep. J.Gresham Barrett
South Carolina - 3
Rep. John Barrow
Georgia - 12
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett
Maryland - 6
Rep. Joe Barton
Texas - 6
Rep. Melissa L. Bean
Illinois - 8
Rep. Xavier Becerra
California - 31
Rep. Shelley Berkley
Nevada - 1
Rep. Howard Berman
California - 28
Rep. Marion Berry
Arkansas - 1
Rep. Judy Biggert
Illinois - 13
Rep. Brian P. Bilbray
California - 50
Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis
Florida - 9
Rep. Rob Bishop
Utah - 1
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
Georgia - 2
Rep. Timothy Bishop
New York - 1
Rep. Marsha Blackburn
Tennessee - 7
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Oregon - 3
Rep. Roy Blunt
Missouri - 7
Rep. John A. Boccieri
Ohio - 16
Rep. John A. Boehner
Ohio - 8
Rep. Jo Bonner
Alabama - 1
Rep. Mary Bono
California - 45
Rep. John Boozman
Arkansas - 3
Rep. Dan Boren
Oklahoma - 2
Rep. Leonard Boswell
Iowa - 3
Rep. Rick Boucher
Virginia - 9
Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr.
Louisiana - 7
Rep. Allen Boyd
Florida - 2
Rep. Kevin Brady
Texas - 8
Rep. Robert Brady
Pennsylvania - 1
Rep. Bruce L. Braley
Iowa - 1
Rep. Bobby Bright
Alabama - 2
Rep. Paul C. Broun
Georgia - 10
Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida - 3
Rep. Henry Brown
South Carolina - 1
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite
Florida - 5
Rep. Vern Buchanan
Florida - 13
Rep. Michael Burgess
Texas - 26
Rep. Dan Burton
Indiana - 5
Rep. G.K. Butterfield
North Carolina - 1
Rep. Steve Buyer
Indiana - 4
Rep. Ken Calvert
California - 44
Rep. Dave Camp
Michigan - 4
Rep. John Campbell
California - 48
Rep. Eric Cantor
Virginia - 7
Rep. Joseph Cao
Louisiana - 2
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
West Virginia - 2
Rep. Lois Capps
California - 23
Rep. Michael E. Capuano
Massachusetts - 8
Rep. Dennis Cardoza
California - 18
Rep. Russ Carnahan
Missouri - 3
Rep. Christopher P. Carney
Pennsylvania - 10
Rep. André Carson
Indiana - 7
Rep. John Carter
Texas - 31
Rep. William "Bill" Cassidy
Louisiana - 6
Rep. Michael N. Castle
Delaware - At-large
Rep. Kathy Castor
Florida - 11
Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Utah - 3
Rep. Ben Chandler
Kentucky - 6
Rep. Travis Childers
Mississippi - 1
Rep. Judy Chu
California - 32
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke
New York - 11
Rep. William "Lacy" Clay Jr.
Missouri - 1
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
Missouri - 5
Rep. James E. Clyburn
South Carolina - 6
Rep. Howard Coble
North Carolina - 6
Rep. Mike Coffman
Colorado - 6
Rep. Steve Cohen
Tennessee - 9
Rep. Tom Cole
Oklahoma - 4
Rep. K. Michael Conaway
Texas - 11
Rep. Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly
Virginia - 11
Rep. John Conyers Jr.
Michigan - 14
Rep. Jim Cooper
Tennessee - 5
Rep. Jim Costa
California - 20
Rep. Jerry Costello
Illinois - 12
Rep. Joe Courtney
Connecticut - 2
Rep. Ander Crenshaw
Florida - 4
Rep. Mark Critz
Pennsylvania - 12
Rep. Joseph Crowley
New York - 7
Rep. Henry Cuellar
Texas - 28
Rep. John Culberson
Texas - 7
Rep. Elijah Cummings
Maryland - 7
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper
Pennsylvania - 3
Rep. Artur Davis
Alabama - 7
Rep. Danny K. Davis
Illinois - 7
Rep. Geoff Davis
Kentucky - 4
Rep. Lincoln Davis
Tennessee - 4
Rep. Susan Davis
California - 53
Rep. Peter DeFazio
Oregon - 4
Rep. Diana DeGette
Colorado - 1
Rep. William Delahunt
Massachusetts - 10
Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro
Connecticut - 3
Rep. Charles W. Dent
Pennsylvania - 15
Rep. Ted Deutch
Florida - 19
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Florida - 21
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
Florida - 25
Rep. Norman D. Dicks
Washington - 6
Rep. John Dingell
Michigan - 15
Rep. Charles Djou
Hawaii - 1
Rep. Lloyd Doggett
Texas - 25
Rep. Joe Donnelly
Indiana - 2
Rep. Mike Doyle
Pennsylvania - 14
Rep. David Dreier
California - 26
Rep. Steve Driehaus
Ohio - 1
Rep. John J. Duncan Jr.
Tennessee - 2
Rep. Chet Edwards
Texas - 17
Rep. Donna F. Edwards
Maryland - 4
Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers
Michigan - 3
Rep. Keith Ellison
Minnesota - 5
Rep. Brad Ellsworth
Indiana - 8
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
Missouri - 8
Rep. Eliot Engel
New York - 17
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo
California - 14
Rep. Bob Etheridge
North Carolina - 2
Rep. Mary Fallin
Oklahoma - 5
Rep. Sam Farr
California - 17
Rep. Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania - 2
Rep. Bob Filner
California - 51
Rep. Jeff Flake
Arizona - 6
Rep. John Fleming
Louisiana - 4
Rep. J. Randy Forbes
Virginia - 4
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Nebraska - 1
Rep. Bill Foster
Illinois - 14
Rep. Virginia Foxx
North Carolina - 5
Rep. Barney Frank
Massachusetts - 4
Rep. Trent Franks
Arizona - 2
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
New Jersey - 11
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge
Ohio - 11
Rep. Elton Gallegly
California - 24
Rep. John Garamendi
California - 10
Rep. Scott Garrett
New Jersey - 5
Rep. Jim Gerlach
Pennsylvania - 6
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
Arizona - 8
Rep. Phil Gingrey
Georgia - 11
Rep. Louie Gohmert
Texas - 1
Rep. Charlie A. Gonzalez
Texas - 20
Rep. Bob Goodlatte
Virginia - 6
Rep. Bart Gordon
Tennessee - 6
Rep. Kay Granger
Texas - 12
Rep. Sam Graves
Missouri - 6
Rep. Alan Grayson
Florida - 8
Rep. Al Green
Texas - 9
Rep. Gene Green
Texas - 29
Rep. Parker Griffith
Alabama - 5
Rep. Raul Grijalva
Arizona - 7
Rep. S. Brett Guthrie
Kentucky - 2
Rep. Luis Gutierrez
Illinois - 4
Rep. John J. Hall
New York - 19
Rep. Ralph M. Hall
Texas - 4
Rep. Deborah "Debbie" Halvorson
Illinois - 11
Rep. Phil Hare
Illinois - 17
Rep. Jane Harman
California - 36
Rep. Gregg Harper
Mississippi - 3
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings
Florida - 23
Rep. Doc Hastings
Washington - 4
Rep. Martin T. Heinrich
New Mexico - 1
Rep. Dean Heller
Nevada - 2
Rep. Jeb Hensarling
Texas - 5
Rep. Wally Herger
California - 2
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
South Dakota - At-large
Rep. Brian Higgins
New York - 27
Rep. Baron Hill
Indiana - 9
Rep. Jim Himes
Connecticut - 4
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
New York - 22
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa
Texas - 15
Rep. Mazie K. Hirono
Hawaii - 2
Rep. Paul W. Hodes
New Hampshire - 2
Rep. Pete Hoekstra
Michigan - 2
Rep. Tim Holden
Pennsylvania - 17
Rep. Rush Holt
New Jersey - 12
Rep. Mike Honda
California - 15
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer
Maryland - 5
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter
California - 52
Rep. Bob Inglis
South Carolina - 4
Rep. Jay Inslee
Washington - 1
Rep. Steve Israel
New York - 2
Rep. Darrell Issa
California - 49
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Illinois - 2
Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee
Texas - 18
Rep. Lynn Jenkins
Kansas - 2
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Texas - 30
Rep. Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
Georgia - 4
Rep. Sam Johnson
Texas - 3
Rep. Timothy V. Johnson
Illinois - 15
Rep. Walter B. Jones
North Carolina - 3
Rep. Jim Jordan
Ohio - 4
Rep. Steve Kagen
Wisconsin - 8
Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski
Pennsylvania - 11
Rep. Marcy Kaptur
Ohio - 9
Rep. Patrick Kennedy
Rhode Island - 1
Rep. Dale Kildee
Michigan - 5
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick
Michigan - 13
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy
Ohio - 15
Rep. Ron Kind
Wisconsin - 3
Rep. Pete King
New York - 3
Rep. Steve King
Iowa - 5
Rep. Jack Kingston
Georgia - 1
Rep. Mark Kirk
Illinois - 10
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick
Arizona - 1
Rep. Larry Kissell
North Carolina - 8
Rep. Ron Klein
Florida - 22
Rep. John Kline
Minnesota - 2
Rep. Suzanne M. Kosmas
Florida - 22
Rep. Frank M. Kratovil, Jr.
Maryland - 1
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich
Ohio - 10
Rep. Doug Lamborn
Colorado - 5
Rep. Leonard Lance
New Jersey - 7
Rep. Jim Langevin
Rhode Island - 2
Rep. Rick Larsen
Washington - 2
Rep. John Larson
Connecticut - 1
Rep. Tom Latham
Iowa - 4
Rep. Steven C. LaTourette
Ohio - 14
Rep. Robert E. Latta
Ohio - 5
Rep. Barbara Lee
California - 9
Rep. Christopher J. Lee
New York - 26
Rep. Sander Levin
Michigan - 12
Rep. Jerry Lewis
California - 41
Rep. John Lewis
Georgia - 5
Rep. John Linder
Georgia - 7
Rep. Daniel Lipinski
Illinois - 3
Rep. Frank LoBiondo
New Jersey - 2
Rep. David Loebsack
Iowa - 2
Rep. Zoe Lofgren
California - 16
Rep. Nita Lowey
New York - 18
Rep. Frank Lucas
Oklahoma - 3
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
Missouri - 9
Rep. Ben R. Lujan
New Mexico - 3
Rep. Cynthia M. Lummis
Wyoming - At-large
Rep. Daniel E. Lungren
California - 3
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
Massachusetts - 9
Rep. Connie Mack
Florida - 14
Rep. Daniel B. Maffei
New York - 25
Rep. Carolyn Maloney
New York - 14
Rep. Donald Manzullo
Illinois - 16
Rep. Kenny Marchant
Texas - 24
Rep. Besty Markey
Colorado - 4
Rep. Ed Markey
Massachusetts - 7
Rep. Jim Marshall
Georgia - 8
Rep. Jim Matheson
Utah - 2
Rep. Doris O. Matsui
California - 5
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy
New York - 4
Rep. Kevin McCarthy
California - 22
Rep. Michael T. McCaul
Texas - 10
Rep. Tom McClintock
California - 4
Rep. Betty McCollum
Minnesota - 4
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter
Michigan - 11
Rep. Jim McDermott
Washington - 7
Rep. James McGovern
Massachusetts - 3
Rep. Patrick McHenry
North Carolina - 10
Rep. Mike McIntyre
North Carolina - 7
Rep. Buck McKeon
California - 25
Rep. Michael E. McMahon
New York - 13
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Washington - 5
Rep. Jerry McNerney
California - 11
Rep. Kendrick Meek
Florida - 17
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
New York - 6
Rep. Charlie Melancon
Louisiana - 3
Rep. John Mica
Florida - 7
Rep. Michael Michaud
Maine - 2
Rep. Brad Miller
North Carolina - 13
Rep. Candice Miller
Michigan - 10
Rep. Gary Miller
California - 42
Rep. George Miller
California - 7
Rep. Jeff Miller
Florida - 1
Rep. Walt Minnick
Idaho - 1
Rep. Harry E. Mitchell
Arizona - 5
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan
West Virginia - 1
Rep. Dennis Moore
Kansas - 3
Rep. Gwen Moore
Wisconsin - 4
Rep. Jerry Moran
Kansas - 1
Rep. Jim Moran
Virginia - 8
Rep. Christopher S. Murphy
Connecticut - 5
Rep. Patrick J. Murphy
Pennsylvania - 8
Rep. Scott Murphy
New York - 20
Rep. Tim Murphy
Pennsylvania - 18
Rep. Sue Myrick
North Carolina - 9
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
New York - 8
Rep. Grace Napolitano
California - 38
Rep. Richard E. Neal
Massachusetts - 2
Rep. Randy Neugebauer
Texas - 19
Rep. Devin Nunes
California - 21
Rep. Glenn C. Nye III
Virginia - 2
Rep. James L. Oberstar
Minnesota - 8
Rep. David R. Obey
Wisconsin - 7
Rep. Pete Olson
Texas - 22
Rep. John Olver
Massachusetts - 1
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz
Texas - 27
Rep. Bill Owens
New York - 23
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
New Jersey - 6
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr.
New Jersey - 8
Rep. Ed Pastor
Arizona - 4
Rep. Ron Paul
Texas - 14
Rep. Erik Paulsen
Minnesota - 3
Rep. Donald M. Payne
New Jersey - 10
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
California - 8
Rep. Mike Pence
Indiana - 6
Rep. Ed Perlmutter
Colorado - 7
Rep. Tom Perriello
Virginia - 5
Rep. Gary Peters
Michigan - 9
Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Minnesota - 7
Rep. Thomas Petri
Wisconsin - 6
Rep. Chellie Pingree
Maine - 1
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts
Pennsylvania - 16
Rep. Todd Platts
Pennsylvania - 19
Rep. Ted Poe
Texas - 2
Rep. Jared Polis
Colorado - 2
Rep. Earl Pomeroy
North Dakota - At-large
Rep. Bill Posey
Florida - 15
Rep. David Price
North Carolina - 4
Rep. Tom Price
Georgia - 6
Rep. Adam Putnam
Florida - 12
Rep. Mike Quigley
Illinois - 5
Rep. George P. Radanovich
California - 19
Rep. Nick Rahall
West Virginia - 3
Rep. Charles B. Rangel
New York - 15
Rep. Dennis Rehberg
Montana - At-large
Rep. David G. Reichert
Washington - 8
Rep. Laura Richardson
California - 37
Rep. Silvestre Reyes
Texas - 16
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez
Texas - 23
Rep. Phil Roe
Tennessee - 1
Rep. Harold Rogers
Kentucky - 5
Rep. Mike Rogers
Alabama - 3
Rep. Mike Rogers
Michigan - 8
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
California - 46
Rep. Tom Rooney
Florida - 16
Rep. Peter J. Roskam
Illinois - 6
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Florida - 18
Rep. Mike Ross
Arkansas - 4
Rep. Steven Rothman
New Jersey - 9
Rep. Lucille Royball-Allard
California - 34
Rep. Ed Royce
California - 40
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger
Maryland - 2
Rep. Bobby L. Rush
Illinois - 1
Rep. Paul Ryan
Wisconsin - 1
Rep. Tim Ryan
Ohio - 17
Rep. John T. Salazar
Colorado - 3
Rep. Linda Sanchez
California - 39
Rep. John P. Sarbanes
Maryland - 3
Rep. Loretta Sanchez
California - 47
Rep. Steve Scalise
Louisiana - 1
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Illinois - 9
Rep. Mark Schauer
Michigan - 7
Rep. Adam Schiff
California - 29
Rep. Jean Schmidt
Ohio - 2
Rep. Aaron Schock
Illinois - 18
Rep. Kurt Schrader
Orgeon - 5
Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz
Pennsylvania - 13
Rep. David Scott
Georgia - 13
Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
Virginia - 3
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
Wisconsin - 5
Rep. Jose E. Serrano
New York - 16
Rep. Pete Sessions
Texas - 32
Rep. Joe Sestak
Pennsylvania - 7
Rep. John Shadegg
Arizona - 3
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter
New Hampshire - 1
Rep. Brad Sherman
California - 27
Rep. John Shimkus
Illinois - 19
Rep. Heath Shuler
North Carolina - 11
Rep. Bill Shuster
Pennsylvania - 9
Rep. Mike Simpson
Idaho - 2
Rep. Albio Sires
New Jersey - 13
Rep. Ike Skelton
Missouri - 4
Rep. Louise Slaughter
New York - 28
Rep. Adam Smith
Washington - 9
Rep. Adrian Smith
Nebraska - 3
Rep. Chris Smith
New Jersey - 4
Rep. Lamar Smith
Texas - 21
Rep. Vic Snyder
Arkansas - 2
Rep. Zachary T. Space
Ohio - 18
Rep. Jackie Speier
California - 12
Rep. John Spratt
South Carolina - 5
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark
California - 13
Rep. Cliff Stearns
Florida - 6
Rep. Bart Stupak
Michigan - 1
Rep. John Sullivan
Oklahoma - 1
Rep. Betty Sutton
Ohio - 13
Rep. John Tanner
Tennessee - 8
Rep. Gene Taylor
Mississippi - 4
Rep. Harry Teague
New Mexico - 2
Rep. Lee Terry
Nebraska - 2
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
Mississippi - 2
Rep. Glenn W. Thompson
Pennsylvania - 5
Rep. Mike Thompson
California - 1
Rep. Mac Thornberry
Texas - 13
Rep. Todd Tiahrt
Kansas - 4
Rep. Pat Tiberi
Ohio - 12
Rep. John Tierney
Massachusetts - 6
Rep. Dina Titus
Nevada - 3
Rep. Paul D. Tonko
New York - 21
Rep. Edolphus Towns
New York - 10
Rep. Niki Tsongas
Massachusetts - 5
Rep. Michael Turner
Ohio - 3
Rep. Fred Upton
Michigan - 6
Rep. Chris Van Hollen
Maryland - 8
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez
New York - 12
Rep. Peter Visclosky
Indiana - 1
Rep. Greg Walden
Oregon - 2
Rep. Timothy J. Walz
Minnesota - 1
Rep. Zach Wamp
Tennessee - 3
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Florida - 20
Rep. Maxine Waters
California - 35
Rep. Diane E. Watson
California - 33
Rep. Mel Watt
North Carolian - 12
Rep. Henry Waxman
California - 30
Rep. Anthony D. Weiner
New York - 9
Rep. Peter Welch
Vermont - At-Large
Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland
Georgia - 3
Rep. Ed Whitfield
Kentucky - 1
Rep. Charles A. Wilson
Ohio - 6
Rep. Joe Wilson
South Carolina - 2
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Virginia - 1
Rep. Frank Wolf
Virginia - 10
Rep. Lynn Woolsey
California - 6
Rep. David Wu
Oregon - 1
Rep. John A. Yarmuth
Kentucky - 3
Rep. C.W. Bill Young
Florida - 10
Rep. Don Young
Alaska - At-Large


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