Barney Frank (featured in the above video) and Chris Dodd were in charge of the House and the Senate Banking Committees, respectively, tasked with keeping an eye on Fannie Mae. They are part of the problem, and still are. 

17th Amendment - Needs to be Repealed





The above clip demonstrates how the US Senate has gone astray. Our US Senators do
not represent the States, or the People in the States that they come from. It is because the 17th Amendment essentially gives them free reign over their own actions. They are perfect targets for Interest Groups. They only need to influence 51-60 Senators to own the Senate of the most
powerful nation on earth. The featured instructor here appears to have some controversial ideas on how to solve this problem. But that is not featured here....just his explanation of the problem.