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They needed this likely to allow the subprime from just the CRA loans to shift into all FHA and private label loans:
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/02/business/l-banks-obligations-176362.html
Looks like Clinton, Dodd, bullied Gramm into the Glass Stegal changes in the late 1990s.
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/24/us/deal-on-bank-bill-was-helped-along-by-midnight-talks.html?pagewanted=all&srpm