As you know, Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) got the ‘VIP treatment’ from scandal-ridden Countrywide Financial. But what about the other 98 members of the senate. Who’d they get their mortgages from? And did they get any special senatorial consideration.
Well, Eamon Javers and Martin Kady II of The Politico decided to pick up the phone and ask. They’re asking every member of the senate who their lender is, who they contacted to get the loan and whether they got any special deals.
You can see the results here.
Not too many big surprises so far. But I can tell you from experience that the early responders are always the clean ones. (Not to say late responders are necessarily dirty; but early responders are always clean.) A lot of senators haven’t answered yet. So it’ll get more interesting as we see who the hold outs are.
Late Update: TPM Reader WB notes that Pennsylvania senators — Bob Casey (D) and his predecessor canophile Rick Santorum (R) — have also gotten a bit of the VIP treatment, though not from Countrywide.
