Article Archive for November 2009
My DD posted this article which refers to Americans for Financial Reform. Here’s an excerpt:
By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger
By proposing financial reforms that won’t curb Wall Street excess, U.S. policymakers have offered an unacceptably …
House Financial Services Committee
2129 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
November 17, 2009
Dear Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and Members of the Committee,
As members of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of nearly 200 consumer, employee, …
Americans for Financial Reform appeared in this Roll Call article. Excerpt:
Consumer advocates are counting on Dodd to help push back on industry’s attempt to narrow reform. Groups such as Americans for Financial Reform have already …
National People’s Action and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) organized hundreds of taxpayers to converge on the Washington headquarters of Goldman Sachs on November 16 to demand an end to multi-billion dollar bonuses and the …
Americans for Financial Reform and our partners sent these letters (House, Senate, both links are PDFs) to Congress stating our strong support for overdraft reform. New bills introduced in the House and Senate take dramatic …
What exactly is going on with the economy? Stocks are up and big bonuses are back, but while they’re throwing parties on Wall Street, there’s pain on Main Street. One out of every six workers …