Article Archive for June 2011
Nearly a Year After Dodd-Frank
New York Times editorial
June 13, 2011
“Without strong leaders at the top of the nation’s financial regulatory agencies, the Dodd-Frank financial reform doesn’t have a chance. Whether it is protecting consumers against …
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June 14, 2011
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AFR Statement on CFTC Delaying Implementation of Some Derivatives Rules
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working …
Read our letter opposing provisions within the FY 2012 Appropriations bill that would weaken the CFPB, hurt consumers, and the economy here.
Read the letter from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights urging President Obama to nominate Professor Elizabeth Warren to head the CFPB here.
Read our letter to Congress urging that they support full funding for the CFTC in FY 2012 here.
Read our letter supporting the Merkley-Snowe (#428) Amendment here.