AFR signed on in support of a letter sent to members of Congress today regarding four pieces of legislation that would threaten the ability of the CFPB to sufficiently protect consumers.If enacted, these bills would virtually guarantee that the CFPB would be a weak and timid agency without the will or ability to curb the kind of financial abuses that caused the nation’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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April 26, 2010
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John@ourfinancialsecurity.org
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Groups use GOP threat on Consumer Bureau to make fresh push for Warren nomination
Peter Schroeder (The Hill)
May 6, 2011
“A Senate GOP vow to block any nominee to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 6, 2011
CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854
john@ourfinancialsecurity.org
AFR Statement on Efforts to Block Any CFPB Nominee
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together …

Foes Revise Plan to Curb New Agency
Edward Wyatt and Ben Protess (New York Times)
May 5, 2011
“Legislators also have called for the consumer bureau to be subject to the Congressional appropriations process. As established, its budget …

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May 4th, 2011
Dear Senator,
As the Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee begins consideration of fiscal year 2012 agency funding decisions, we want first to thank you for recognizing the role that the Securities and …