A Financial Speculation Tax ( or Financial Transaction Tax) would be a tiny tax on Wall Street trading in stocks, bonds, foreign currency, derivatives, and other complex financial products.

Click here to view an August 29 letter from the Federal Reserve asking Capital One Financial Corp. where businesses overlap and what their market share is in these areas.

In response to last week’s New York Times article “Reap What You Swap” by Minnesota farmer Betty Jensen, IATP wrote a letter to the NYT that has not yet been published. IATP communications director Ben …

The Financial Reform and Consumer Protection bill has been signed into law, but that doesn’t mean that the big banks are slowing down their fight to prevent reforms.  Check out the latest lobbying numbers and …

AFR Timeline
June 2009 Administration releases White Paper on Financial Reform
July 2009 First AFR Meeting
July 28, 2009 House Financial Services Committee passes Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act (HR. 3269) 40-28
July 31, 2009 …

This op-ed by AFR Steering Committee Member Cathy Lesser Mansfield appeared in the Des Moines Register today in response to Senator Grassley’s announcement that he will not vote for financial reform.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s decision …