The News Observer reports that the NC Secretary of State, Elaine Marshall, dropped off a petition with 2,500 signatures supporting financial reforms to the office of Republican Senator Richard Burr.  Marshall will be running against …

Senator Tester (D-MT) has already spoken out against recent misleading ads about financial reform and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, and now he’s followed up his previous interview with a letter to the “Committee for …

Recently, AFR partners at the Council of Institutional Investors and Investors Working Group sent these letters regarding derivative reform to the Senate.  The letters focus on the failures of the current regulators and the need …

Heather Booth, AFR’s Executive Director, was quoted in this Washington Post article.  Here is an excerpt:
Heather Booth, executive director of Americans for Financial Reform, said that the advocacy campaign has reached a critical moment and …

For Valentine’s Day, The Public Breaks Up With the Big Banks in a Boycott and Outreach Movement

This Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to end your abusive relationship with the big banks that have …

The Helena Independent Register reports that Senator Jon Tester (D, MT) refutes misleading ads claiming that the financial reform bill is a bank “bailout.”  Here is an excerpt:
A little-known political group with links to conservative …