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Consumer Federation of America Press Release: Don’t Handcuff the CFPB
May 4, 2011 – 9:31 am

View the press release in pdf form here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                              CONTACT:
May 4, 2011                                                                            Travis Plunkett, 202-939-1004
Jack Gills, 202-737-0766
HOUSE MOVES TO HANDCUFF NEW CONSUMER FINANCIAL AGENCY
–Legislation Will Give Discredited Banking Regulators Vast Power to Block Needed …

Members of Congress Urge AG’s to Consider AFR’s Concerns in Foreclosure Settlement Talks
May 3, 2011 – 10:15 am

 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
Members of Congress Urge Justice Department and State Attorneys General to Protect Victims of Improper Foreclosures
Members request assistance in shielding American consumers from mortgage servicers engaged …

New York Times Editorial: Who Will Rescue Financial Reform?
March 28, 2011 – 9:31 am

March 27, 2011
Who Will Rescue Financial Reform?

In what passes for self-restraint these days, House Republicans have been insisting that they do not intend to repeal last year’s Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
Not in one fell swoop, …

Op-Ed: The Right Choice to Head Consumer Protection Bureau
September 7, 2010 – 3:31 pm

Jon Green, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Working Families Party, wrote an Op-Ed supporting Elizabeth Warren.  It was recently published in the Hartford Courant.  Click here to read the original letter.
I hope Sen. Christopher …

NCLC Analyzes the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill
August 31, 2010 – 10:09 am

The National Consumer Law Center has just released a special 8 page issue of NCLC REPORTS analyzing the consumer law implications of the just-enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act.  The article includes …

Business Week: Woman Wall Street Hates Most is Right for the Job
August 25, 2010 – 2:41 pm

Business Week recently published this article, which talks about Elizabeth Warren’s career and why she’s the best candidate to serve as CFPB director:
Earlier this month, an industry lobbyist said Warren couldn’t manage the Consumer …