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AFR to the Senate: Strengthen and Support the Reform Bill
April 23, 2010 – 3:55 pm

April 23, 2010
Dear Senator Reid:
As members of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 consumer, labor, investor, community, civil rights and business groups, we write to you today to convey …

AFR: We Applaud The President’s Speech; Now It Is Time For Congress To Act
April 22, 2010 – 11:36 am

Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups, released the following statement on the President’s speech today in New York:
Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: …

Advocates Take A Page Out Of Goldman’s Own Playbook, Offer To Sell Them The Brooklyn Bridge
April 21, 2010 – 8:21 am

Press Advisory
April 20, 2010
New York, NY – Community activists will rally at the worldwide headquarters of Goldman Sachs, who last week were sued by the SEC for civil fraud, and display a banner of the …

AFR Urges Sen. Corker: Stand Up for Your Work
April 19, 2010 – 1:25 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 19, 2010
Campaign Urges Sen. Corker:  Stand Up for Your Work
As Republican Leaders Attack Corker’s Wall Street Accountability Bill, Tennesseans Will Send Message to Stay Strong
Washington DC – On the eve of …

Americans Want the Senate to Hold the Big Banks Accountable!
April 19, 2010 – 11:17 am

A year and a half since the reckless behavior of the Big Banks took our economy to the edge of the abyss and cost 8 million Americans their jobs, the Senate is moving towards passage …

AARP Video: Senate Must Pass Reform
April 19, 2010 – 10:11 am

While the rest of us struggle to deal with lost savings, homes and jobs – armies of Wall Street lobbyists are spending millions to kill financial reform in Congress.
But after losing so much to Wall Street’s …