Yes. And there's the rub. It is uncertain whether or not the White House's recommendation was made to support the Democratic Progressive agenda as initiated by the 33 Democratic Senators to make the funds available and/or to "force" reconsideration of the current conditions of the conservatorship that have changed substantially since 2008.
Certainly both of these can come into play as Watt as FHFA Director ponders what the White House and the Senators want and what to answer and to do.
With that recommendation, the conservatorship drama is opening a new act or scene that seques from the public lawsuit and "letters to the boards" scenes to new scenes acted out in the corridors and back-rooms of the White House, Senate and FHFA.
HAMLET: To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
HAMLET, Act III, Scene 1
SHAREHOLDERS: To take back, or not to take back: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
and certainly not to list on the major exchanges. We were listed on the NYSE- DeMarco took us off- in particular Freddie. To conserve money- some plause on fannie as it was below a $1 for like 30 days. Reverse split would have solved that.