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AFR: Defeat of Brown-Kaufman Amendment is a Win for the Banks
May 7, 2010 – 9:49 am

AFR: Defeat Of Brown Kaufman Amendment Is A Win For The Banks
Overall Bill Remains Strong But Big Banks Are Working Day And Night To Weaken It
After the first full week of debate on Financial Reform …

Prof. Elizabeth Warren on the Colbert Report
May 6, 2010 – 2:01 pm

Professor Elizabeth Warren discusses proposed regulatory reform with Stephen Colbert.  (The last five seconds are particularly insightful.)

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Summary of the SAFE Banking Act (a.k.a. Brown-Kaufman amendment)
May 6, 2010 – 8:27 am

Read FAQs about the SAFE Banking Act here – see page 3 (pdf).
Our financial system has become dominated by institutions that are “too big to fail.” Moreover, as FDIC Chairman Bill Isaac has said, they …

CMOC: True Derivatives “End Users” Don’t Need Any More Loopholes
May 5, 2010 – 10:57 am

COMMODITY MARKETS OVERSIGHT COALITION
An Alliance of Derivatives End-Users & Reform Advocates
May 4, 2010
The Honorable Harry Reid
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Minority Leader, U.S. Senate
361A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, …

AFR Supports the Pre-funded Orderly Liquidation Fund
May 4, 2010 – 10:52 am

The Honorable Chairman Dodd
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
April 9, 2010
Dear Chairman Dodd,
The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial …