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Senators, Activists Detail Fight Against Big Bank Bailouts, for Wall Street Accountability
April 20, 2010 – 2:27 pm

Senators, Activists Detail Fight Against Big Bank Bailouts, for Wall Street Accountability
As Senate Takes Up Tough Bill to Hold Wall Street Accountable,
Americans Take to the Streets Demanding an End to the Era of Big Bank …

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 …

AFR Statement on the Derivatives and Overall Banking Legislation
April 19, 2010 – 8:56 am

For Immediate Release
April 19, 2010

AFR Statement on the Derivatives and Overall Banking Legislation
Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “A year-and-a-half since the reckless behavior of the Big Banks took our economy to the …

AFR Response to the S.E.C. Charging Goldman Sachs with Fraud
April 19, 2010 – 7:39 am

For Immediate Release
April 16, 2010
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform issued the following statement regarding the S.E.C. suit accusing Goldman Sachs of fraud on mortgage deals.
Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “The SEC investigation …

AFR: No More Taxpayer Bailouts
April 15, 2010 – 1:37 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Washington, DC – Today, Tax Day, as Americans are all too aware of where their tax dollars are going, Americans for Financial Reform agrees that taxpayers should never again be on the hook for …

Americans for Financial Reform Hit the Streets
April 6, 2010 – 8:24 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Advocates take advantage of Congressional recess to push for financial reform
Washington, DC – Over this Congressional recess, Americans for Financial Reform, made up of more than 250 national, state and local consumer, labor, …