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Article: Banks, real estate agents square off
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 29, 2003
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Banks, real estate agents square off
At issue is who should sell properties
By SHARON THEIMER Associated Press
Sunday, June 29, 2003
Washington -- When Rep. Anne Northup, a longtime banking industry
ally, sided with rival real estate agents in a legislative dispute
over home sales, her campaign treasury felt the impact: Bankers'
donations to the Kentucky Republican declined while those from real
estate agents shot up.
With campaign cash, advertising and grass-roots contacts in every
community in America, the two well-heeled industries are engaged in a
Goliath campaign to persuade lawmakers to take sides in a fight over
whether banks will be permitted to sell real estate.
"I don't know of one ...