Corker (most prominent)--likely trying to take some heat from his own financial perfidies (possibly involving selling GSEs short)--Crapo and other supported; and can't forget Dem Mark Warner. While D's didn't help, most Republicans bought into the big bank opposition because of the GSEs historic connection the federal government (ignoring the healthy federal subsidization of the banks and their supportive regulation from R's and D's) and ideological opposition to GSE's mission.
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