According to our sources on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., proponents of the so-called Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 3211) have attached their bill to a new piece of federal legislation heading to a roll-call vote today. The new bill is The Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014″ (H.R. 5461). H.R. 5461 is designed as…
Last week, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), in a surprise move, convened a full committee hearing on 15 pending bills including HR 3211 and “voice-voted” HR 3211 onto the House floor for further consideration.
The Chairman of the HFSC, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), ordered the voice vote on HR 3211 instead of a roll call vote, or the typical voting pattern for committee legislation because he suspected that several Republican members on the committee would vote “no” and thereby jeopardize the chances HR 3211 can move successfully in the House and the Senate. The voice-vote was called with barely twenty members present. It was a procedural passage of the bill.
This is another important update on the pending legislation known as the Mortgage Choice Act and efforts by the affiliated business lobby to decrease your efforts to compete for settlement business and to raise the cost of closings for American consumers.
Last week, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) held a hearing entitled, “How Prospective and Current Homeowners Will Be Harmed by the Qualified Mortgage Rule.”
Last week, we updated you on our progress with H.R. 3211, the so-called Mortgage Choice Act, that is being pushed through Congress by RESPRO, the banking lobby and others with affiliated business interests in the title insurance industry.
RESPRO and the banking lobby continue their efforts to push the Mortgage Choice Act in Congress. The bill now has 26 co-sponsors, the vast majority of which are Republicans, and RESPRO has succeeded in getting the Ranking Minority Member, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) to take a neutral position on the measure, thereby guaranteeing that if…
This is an important update on H.R. 3211. At the end of September, a bipartisan group of representatives from the House Financial Services Committee introduced a RESPRO-sponsored piece of legislation known as H.R. 3211, the Mortgage Choice Act. Instead of proceeding on H.R. 1077, known as the Consumer Mortgage Choice Act, the new…
Never underestimate a determined opponent. On September 28, 2013, shortly before Congress shut down, a bipartisan group of representatives from the House Financial Services Committee introduced a RESPRO-sponsored piece of legislation known as H.R. 3211, the Mortgage Choice Act. Instead of proceeding on H.R. 1077, known as the Consumer Mortgage Choice Act, the new bill strips…
