AFR and other groups sent this letter (PDF) to members of the House Financial Services Committee.
Dear Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and Members of the Committee,
As members of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of …

Download this testimony as a PDF.
Chairman Lincoln, Ranking Member Chambliss, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. The American people clearly sense that there is something deeply …

On Tuesday November 17, Damon Silvers of the AFL-CIO debated Ed Yingling of the American Bankers Association about how best to reform our financial system and restore the economy. Visit the Aspen Institute for more …

SEIU President Andy Stern is joining hundreds of progressives—maybe more—in a newly organized protest outside the Washington, D.C., offices of Goldman Sachs on Monday at noon. SEIU is part of a co-sponsoring coalition, Americans For …

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein may have had his tongue in his cheek when he said his bankers were doing “God’s work,” but the company’s critics aren’t laughing.
In fact, a couple hundred of them — …

According to the New York Times, “Robert Benmosche, chief executive of [AIG] since August, confirmed that he was “frustrated” about how long it was taking to devise an executive compensation plan that was “fair” but …