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AFR Position Statement on FSOC Volcker Rule Study
January 18, 2011 – 12:29 pm

Read AFR’s position statement regarding the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s study on the Volcker Rule.

Letter to Members of Congress Calling for an Increase in Funding to the SEC and CFTC in Order to Implement Financial Reform
January 6, 2011 – 6:19 pm

Read our letter to members of Congress calling for an increase in funding to the SEC and the CFTC to provide them with the necessary resources and capabilities to implement Dodd-Frank and allow financial reform …

President Obama’s Deficit Commission Should Consider Speculation Tax
November 30, 2010 – 1:39 pm

LETTER FROM AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM TO THE DEFICIT COMMISSION MEMBERS
Re: Support for a financial stability and revenue raising measure
November 24, 2010
Dear Members of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform,
Americans for Financial Reform …

Poll Shows Bipartisan Public Support for Increased Protection of Home Owners
November 16, 2010 – 1:50 pm

Click here to view poll information.

Letter Requesting Withdrawal of Rescission Rule
November 16, 2010 – 12:52 pm

November 16, 2010

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
20th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20551

Re:

Withdrawal Request for the Proposed Truth-in-Lending Mortgage Regulations
(FRB Docket No. R-1390)

Dear Board of Governors:

This letter …

What We Need in the Director of the Office of Credit Ratings
November 12, 2010 – 1:09 pm

Faulty credit ratings played a key role in our nation’s financial meltdown, and now we have chance to ensure that that doesn’t happen again. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act created the …