And why isn't either side seriously discussing the role that deregulation of the financial markets has had in the thrift crisis?

The President has acted on the thrift crisis with estimable urgency.

But I think you'd have to say that the thrift crisis is No. 1.

The hypergrowth only meant that the next thrift crisis would be larger.

Basic causes of the thrift crisis were never addressed.

Q. Many are applauding this legislation as the answer to the thrift crisis.

Mr. Riegle acknowledges that the thrift crisis will be the first issue on the agenda next month.

The bank had owned the six-story building, occupying the first floor, until it went under during the thrift crisis in the 1990s.

Many of them say their league, the industry's biggest lobby, played a major role in creating the thrift crisis to begin with.

But the thrift crisis is a 10- to 15-year problem.