GOP Wants Housing Crisis Addressed In Stimulus

by Audie Cornish, NPR

Senate Republicans say they want to change the $900 billion stimulus bill, not bury it. They say they want more of the bill to deal with the problem that put the economy into a tailspin in the first place: Housing. They plan to offer amendments to push down mortgage rates and double the tax break for home buyers to $15,000.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, February 4, 2009