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AFR Opposes Loopholes in the Volcker Rule and Urges Adoption of Strong Merkley-Levin Language
June 16, 2010 – 3:30 pm

June 16, 2010
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee
Washington, DC 20510
Re: Opposition to Loopholes Allowing Banks to Invest Taxpayer-Backed Capital in Risky Leveraged Buyout & Hedge Funds

Senator Merkley, Experts Call for Big Banks to Get Back to Banking, Push for Merkley-Levin Provision
June 16, 2010 – 1:26 pm

**PRESS CONFERENCE CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 4:30 PM ET**
To download press conference go to this link
Washington, DC – On Thursday, June 17, at 4:30 PM, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) will join with experts to call for banks …

AFR to Conference Committee: Support the Pre-Funded Dissolution Fund
June 15, 2010 – 2:22 pm

June 15, 2010
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee
Re: Protect Taxpayers by Supporting the House-Passed Pre-Funded  Dissolution Fund
Dear Committee members,
The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small …

Economists Support Regulation of Commodities Futures Markets in the Reconciliation of the Financial Reform Bill
June 10, 2010 – 2:32 pm

June 10, 2010
RE: Regulation of Commodities Futures Markets in the Reconciliation of the Financial Reform Bill
Dear Members of the Reconciliation Committee conference:
As you are well aware, in the momentous work ahead of you in reconciling …

Stiglitz, Other Experts, Will Urge Congress To Protect Taxpayers from Banks’ Risky Products
June 4, 2010 – 10:17 am

Tele-press conference Monday, June 7, 2010  at 9 a.m. EDT

Nobel Prize winner warns against putting the government at risk for Big Banks’ deceptive practices
Elimination of the language in the Senate financial reform bill …

Financial Experts and Civil Rights Leaders from Americans for Financial Reform to Discuss Expectations for the Congressional Conference on Financial Reform Bill
June 3, 2010 – 2:08 pm

Experts and Leaders Will Lay Out What to Expect in the Conference and How to Keep the Final Bill Strong
Listen to a recording of the conference here.
Washington, D.C. – Friday, June 4 at 11 A.M. ET, …