Geithner Urges Congress to Pass Housing Package Within 2 Years
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Congress must pass housing-finance legislation within two years to avoid more taxpayer-funded bailouts.
Without action, the housing market could remain vulnerable to flaws that led to the 2008 credit crisis, Geithner said today at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington.