Meet the Press

September 29, 2008 - 7:50am

Schaffer-Udall "Meet The Press" debate heats up

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Bob Schaffer took to the offensive against Democrat Mark Udall on the economy and other issues as the two faced off on "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

Schaffer, a U.S. representative from 1998 until 2002, said Udall and other House Democrats helped create the Wall Street crisis by weakening oversight of troubled mortgage houses Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Udall hit back, saying the crisis came "because of policies of Congress in the '90s, (and) in the early part of this decade."

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