AP - Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse.

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BusinessWeek Online - It's not something that makes good campaign politics. But given the crumbling economy and the federal government's budgetary needs, some Americans are likely to be hit with a tax increase regardless of who wins the Presidential election.

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