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Elizabeth Warren Rap Video – Got a New Sheriff
August 13, 2010 – 12:04 pm | Comments Off

Our favorite candidate to lead the CFPA, Elizabeth Warren, is the subject of a new rap video supporting her nomination. The video comes courtesy of our friends at the Main Street Brigade.  Want to show …

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Study Regarding Obligations of Brokers, Dealers and Investment Advisers
August 31, 2010 – 1:14 pm

August 30, 2010
Elizabeth M. Murphy
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street NE
Washington, DC 20549
RE: Release No. 34-62577; IA-3058; File No. 4-606
Study Regarding Obligations of Brokers, Dealers and Investment Advisers
Dear Secretary Murphy:
Americans For Financial Reform (AFR) …

CT Working Families to Dodd: Support Elizabeth Warren
August 31, 2010 – 12:43 pm

Connecticut Working Families recently wrote to Senator Dodd, asking him to support Elizabeth Warren as CFPB Director.
As you well know, ensuring that these new regulations are aggressively and effectively enforced depends on having the right …

Job Opening with AFR: Communications Director
August 31, 2010 – 10:53 am

Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) is seeking a Communications Director. AFR is a coalition of more than 250 consumer, labor, civil rights, senior, community, business, academic, and other groups working together to hold Wall Street …

Job Opening with AFR – Administrative Manager
August 31, 2010 – 10:17 am

Americans for Financial Reform ( AFR ) is seeking an Administrative Manager. AFR is a coalition of more than 250 consumer, labor, civil rights, senior, community, business, academic, and other groups working together to …

NCLC Analyzes the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill
August 31, 2010 – 10:09 am

The National Consumer Law Center has just released a special 8 page issue of NCLC REPORTS analyzing the consumer law implications of the just-enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act.  The article includes …

Business Week: Woman Wall Street Hates Most is Right for the Job
August 25, 2010 – 2:41 pm

Business Week recently published this article, which talks about Elizabeth Warren’s career and why she’s the best candidate to serve as CFPB director:
Earlier this month, an industry lobbyist said Warren couldn’t manage the Consumer …