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 …

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 …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The so-called $50 billion “bailout slush fund” would force big banks to pay not taxpayers

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform denounces the misstatements by opponents of reform – including Senators Shelby and DeMint …

For Immediate Release
March 31, 2010
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of over 200 groups, called upon Congress to support the “Financial Crisis of 2008 Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2009” authored …

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement about the Protect our Recovery through Oversight of Proprietary Trading Act (or PROP Trading Act).

Heather Booth, Executive Director, Americans for Financial Reform: …

“The big money is back on Wall Street” – New York Times, 2/23/10

Advocates Take to the Web to Weigh in to Restrain Banks from Rewarding Risky Behavior

Washington, DC – In …