In a recent speech to the Credit Union National Organization, Assistant Secretary Michael S. Barr talked about the Treasury Department’s support for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
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From AFR Coalition Member
The Center for Responsible Lending
A key federal regulator for years has let national banks engage in lending practices that the regulator itself admits harm consumers and lenders, according to two new reports …

Senate and Administration Cannot Let Big Bank Lobbyists Win
By Stripping Out Or Watering Down CFPA
Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 200 national, state and local consumer, labor, investor, civil rights, community, …

“The big money is back on Wall Street” – New York Times, 2/23/10

Advocates Take to the Web to Weigh in to Restrain Banks from Rewarding Risky Behavior

Washington, DC – In …

“That [Committee for Truth in Politics] ad is confusing a lot of folks, because it’s not true.” – Sen. Jon Tester [Billings Gazette, 2/10/10]
Washington, D.C. – Americans for Financial Reform and Americans United for …

James Crotty, Gerald Epstein, and Iren Levina have co-authored an article regarding financial reform, the “Volcker Rule,” and the real cost of propriety trading.  Here is the introduction to the article:
President Obama’s endorsement of the …