Fannie and Freddie Ghost Hosting

Events during the convention are the topic of this post at Washingtonpost.com.

So while they will not be named sponsors, as Bonitatibus notes, Fannie and Freddie will still be bellying up to the bar, so to speak, with their pocketbooks and wallets. Both still plan to help pay for the housing industry parties, even if their names will no longer be appearing on the invitations cocktail napkins.

Doug Duvall, a spokesman at Freddie Mac, told Fox business correspondent Adam Shapiro that while it will still pay for the receptions, “Freddie Mac will not have a presence at the conventions.”

Asked how much the company is spending to ghost host the parties, Duvall told Shapiro, “We won’t disclose that. Why should we?”

OCE Appointees

Appointments to the new Office of Congressional Ethics have been announced.

The Office of Congressional Ethics is intended to supplement the work of the Ethics Committee and congressional leaders expect the two bodies to work together effectively.

 

“The new Office of Congressional Ethics is essential to an effective ethics process in the House,” said Speaker Pelosi. “This bipartisan board of outside experts who will be charged with reviewing allegations of misconduct and making recommendations to the House Ethics Committee. With the creation of the Office of Congressional Ethics, we bring a new element of transparency and accountability to the ethics process.”