Lawmakers Reworked Financial Portfolios After Talks With Fed, Treasury Officials

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washingtonpost.com In January 2008, President George W. Bush was scrambling to bolster the American economy. The subprime mortgage industry was collapsing, and the Dow Jones industrial average had lost more than 2,000 points in less than three months. House Minority Leader John A. Boehner became the Bush administration’s point person …