For all the hoopla the [Responsible Lending Act](http://kanjorski.house.gov/HoR/PA11/Newsroom/Press+Releases/2005/03-15-05.htm) garnered last spring, it appears to have stalled and one of the bill’s co-sponsors, Representative Bob Ney, is [implicated in the Abramoff lobbying corruption scandal [MSNBC].](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10841406/) [Here’s more on that [LA Times]](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ney22jan22,0,1153489.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews).

So much for congress to act on [predatory lending and tightening appraiser accountability [Businessweek]](http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_14/c3927054_mz013.htm).

The bill was introduced on March 15, 2005 and referred to [referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity [Thomas]](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:12:./temp/~bdRATe::) on May 13, 2005.

[The Responsible Lending Act HR 1295 [Soapbox]](http://soapbox.millersamuelv2.wpenginepowered.com/?p=12) met with mixed reactions with several agencies going on record stating that it would [weaken laws against predatory lending [Soapbox]](http://soapbox.millersamuelv2.wpenginepowered.com/?p=63).