It is Time for Wall Street to Pay its Fair Share
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It is Time for Wall Street to Pay its Fair Share
March 30, 2012 – 9:52 am | Comments Off

As most Americans struggle to pay their share, we can’t help but notice that Wall Street is not. Many of the economic problems we face today, from deficits to unemployment, were in large part created by …

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AFR to the Senate: Vote NO on the Shelby CFPA Substitute
May 6, 2010 – 10:56 am

VOTE NO ON THE SHELBY CFPA SUBSTITUTE
NO INDEPENDENCE, NO FUNDING FOR ENFORCEMENT,
NO ENFORCEMENT OVER ANY BANKS
NO AUTHORITY TO PROTECT FAMILIES

Dear Senator,
We write on behalf of the over 250 member organizations of Americans for …

USA Today: Put Brakes on Auto Dealers’ Bid for Special Treatment
May 6, 2010 – 9:54 am

Read the full editorial here.
It’s a springtime sales event for America’s auto dealers. Over the next week or so, they’ll toil feverishly to close deals — not with car buyers, but with members of the Senate …

125,000 Americans Ask Senate for “Strong Financial Reform”
May 6, 2010 – 9:22 am
125,000 Americans Ask Senate for “Strong Financial Reform”

WASHINGTON, May 5 – As the Senate began considering amendments to financial reform legislation on Thursday, Americans for Financial Reform presented Senate leaders with the signatures of over 125,000 Americans who want “strong financial reform” …

AFR Opposes the Sen. Shelby Substitute on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
May 6, 2010 – 8:30 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: May 5, 2010

Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), including nation’s leading consumer groups, opposes the Shelby substitute (amendment #3826) to replace Title X of S. 3217, RAFSA, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, …

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 …

AFR Supports Brown – Kaufman # 3733 to Limit Size and the Debt of Too Big to Fail Banks (pdf)
May 6, 2010 – 8:24 am