| Nov 9, 2011 3:38PM The House Financial Services Committee is set to vote on the suspension of compensation packages of top executives at the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Under HR 1221, The Equity in Government Compensation Act of 2011, top executives would have their compensation set in accordance with rates of pay for senior employees in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Other employees of Fannie and Freddie would be paid according to the government's General... Nov 9, 2011 10:04AM We have fifteen days until Thanksgiving, first celebrated in the fall of 1621 when the Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest. But it did not become a national holiday until 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping - very crafty. The USDA...
 | 
