But that just goes back to the banks again. Why did the Washington politicians encourage easy mortgage lending standards? Lobbying by big banks. https://scholar

But that just goes back to the banks again. Why did the Washington politicians encourage easy mortgage lending standards? Lobbying by big banks. https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/faculty_publications/1301/ https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/faculty_publications/1301/ In a similar vein with CAFE standards: why were those loop holes introduced? Lobbying by the auto industry.