Their database is composed of Treasury issues, federal agency issues, mortgages, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, money market funds and asset-backed securities.

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Members of Congress don't directly have a say in the review of a proposed merger, but they can sway the debate by exposing issues for a federal agency to examine.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The Federal Reserve also continues to reinvest the principal amounts of maturing issues of agency debt and mortgage-backed securities into new agency mortgage-backed securities.

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They joined the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI), federal agency representatives, and local and state leaders to address a range of issues important to the community, including civil rights, economic development, education, health, housing, immigration, , and jobs, and to connect with federal resources in the region.

WHITEHOUSE: Engaging the Texas AAPI Community

Before I get started on taking questions on other issues, I have with me today the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Craig Fugate.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Federal judges lack the scientific, economic, and technological resources an agency can utilize in coping with issues of this order.

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