SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Philip Bjorlo,
Alicia Prather and John Dye signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

          (1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
     undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
     Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
     documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling
     the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required
     by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or
     regulation of the SEC;

          (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
     capacity as an officer of The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
     ("Freddie Mac"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Freddie Mac Policy
     7-109, or any successor policy thereto or related procedure ("Freddie Mac
     Policy") and Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
     related rules and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be
     required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership,
     acquisition, or disposition of securities of Freddie Mac;

          (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
     undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
     such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, complete and execute any
     amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form or report with
     Freddie Mac and the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

          (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
     the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
     benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
     undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
     attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Special
     Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
     conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
     discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Special Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is Freddie Mac assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Freddie Mac Policy and Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.

     This Special Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Freddie
Mac, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Special Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 13th day of January, 2009.

/s/ Peter J. Federico
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Peter J. Federico
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