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AFR Supports Reed Amendment #3958 to End Private Equity Exemption
May 12, 2010 – 11:31 am

United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator,
We write on behalf of the over 250 member organizations of Americans for Financial Reform to urge a yes vote on the Reed-Johnson-Brown amendment offered to Restoring American Financial …

Conference Comparison Charts and Other Resources
May 12, 2010 – 10:30 am

The following charts and documents were created to compare and contrast House and Senate bills in the Conference period.
Click here for the US PIRG scorecard.
Top 10 Things About Financial Reform (fact sheet)
AFR Conference Priorities (as …

AFR to Senate: Oppose Brown-Hagan 3807 & Brown-Gregg 3872 / Co-Sponsor Merkley-Levin
May 11, 2010 – 1:55 pm

May 11, 2010
Re: Oppose Brown-Hagan 3807 & Brown-Gregg 3872 / Co-Sponsor Merkley-Levin
Dear Senator:
The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) …

AFR: Defeat of Brown-Kaufman Amendment is a Win for the Banks
May 7, 2010 – 9:49 am

AFR: Defeat Of Brown Kaufman Amendment Is A Win For The Banks
Overall Bill Remains Strong But Big Banks Are Working Day And Night To Weaken It
After the first full week of debate on Financial Reform …

Prof. Elizabeth Warren on the Colbert Report
May 6, 2010 – 2:01 pm

Professor Elizabeth Warren discusses proposed regulatory reform with Stephen Colbert.  (The last five seconds are particularly insightful.)

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Summary of the SAFE Banking Act (a.k.a. Brown-Kaufman amendment)
May 6, 2010 – 8:27 am

Read FAQs about the SAFE Banking Act here – see page 3 (pdf).
Our financial system has become dominated by institutions that are “too big to fail.” Moreover, as FDIC Chairman Bill Isaac has said, they …