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Budget Lessons from the States for the Feds:How to Radically Change Expectations about the Federal

Barrett & Greene

As someone who has worked at both the state and federal level, the differences are striking and suggest that some serious thought should be given to translating some valuable lessons of state budget processes and policies to the federal level. ​

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

19 This support was translated into extreme lobbying power in Congress, which ensured that the two companies did not lose the subsidies. Or is it just a case, in a highly politicized industry, of a politically convenient advocacy rationale to justify not increasing G-fees? But is this argument valid?