Conservative groups join growing push to recapitalize Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac 

Over the last year, various groups, including community lenders, affordable housing advocates, civil rights groups, interested observers, and financial analysts, called for a change in governmental policy that would allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to rebuild a capital base. Now, there’s a new voice pushing to recapitalize the GSEs, or several, as it were, coming from an interesting source.