NO Stefan Abrams Managing Partner, Bryden-Abrams Investment Management This is another boondoggle which will only interfere with the price discovery process that is necessary in order to reach a clearing price for the housing market.
	NO Joe Battipaglia Market Strategist, Stifel Nicolaus It is poorly crafted legislation that allows some of the worst actors in the mortgage drama (I.e. Countrywide) to unload bad loans onto U.S.taxpayers.
	NO Jerry Bowyer Chief Economist, Benchmark Financial Network Nancy, just adopt a house rule in which any member must recuse himself from the vote if he has personally benefited from Fannie Mae, either through sweetheart deals or through affiliated campaign donations. Then the bill will fail, and finally the market can clear, and we can all find out what these homes really are worth.
	NO Vince Farrell Scotsman Capital Management The markets need to sort the mess out and there will be winners and losers, but the bill will hang over the market as we wait for the law of unintended consequences to rear its ugly head. And it will. This is an election year bill to pander to voters.
	NO Jim LaCamp Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Focus, RBC Wealth Management Co-Host, Opening Bell Radio Show, Biz Radio Network This would interfere with normal market forces and most Americans don't want it anyway. It’s election year political grandstanding...pure and simple.
	NO Art Laffer Fmr. Reagan Economic Advisor Chief Investment Officer, Laffer Investments Absolutely not. This bill is a terrible misallocation of resources. Taxpayers have done nothing whatsoever to deserve to foot the bill for bad loans undertaken by others.
	YES Joe LaVorgna Managing Director, Chief US Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Anything that Congress can do that even at the margin helps home prices stabilize is a good thing.
	YES Donald L. Luskin Chief Investment Officer, Trend Macrolytics LLC Yes, and believe me, I swallow hard before ever advocating government intervention in markets. So long as the refinancing program is voluntary, in this case there may be a role for government to underwrite risk-taking that no one else will undertake.
	NO Steve Moore Sr. Economics Writer, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board No, this is an oinker. Corporate welfare. The Republicans would be wise on political and policy grounds to vote this down. Also, the multi-million dollar slush fund for left wing groups like Acorn make this bill entirely unacceptable.
	NO James Pethokoukis Sr. Writer, U.S. News & World Report (Money & Business) Ah, the irony. A big government solution to a big government-caused problem. Falling prices are not only increasing affordability for new buyers, they are key to creating an environment for working off the huge supply of homes. And that is what is happening. Markets work. This would also set another precedent for government intervention in the economy. First Wall Street, then housing. Tomorrow might be energy and healthcare.
	YES Robert Reich Former Labor Secretary Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley The price tag is small relative to what the nation will be paying if we don't help troubled homeowners -- hundreds of thousands of empty houses that reduce housing values around them, further erosion of credit markets, and a prolonged recession.
	NO Gary Shilling A. Gary Shilling & Co. President With falling house prices, it would only postpone foreclosures if lenders cooperate, and therefore cost tax payers even more money. It would create false hopes since with securitizations and other technical impediments, lenders are unlikely to cooperate in writing down mortgages.