The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday that the White Houseis now willing tolet FHA insure mortgages on some homes that are worth less than the loan amount, though administration officials could not be reached for confirmation.
TheHouse of Lords should be elected: it is absurd to have political placemen shaping the laws of the land, let alone people who owe their seats to their family tree.
The argument that we have made before the Supreme Court and the argument that we have made publicly, including in a letter that the Attorney General sent tothe Speaker of theHouse a couple years ago, isthe argument that Section 3 -- let me make sure I got that right -- Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.