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Video: Heidi Montag Says No to Plastic, Yes to the CFPA
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Police Wall Street

Heads they win, tails we lose! Wall Street gambled with our savings, collected billions, and then left taxpayers to pay the price when the economy went south. We need new rules to keep Wall Street in line. Read more.

Protect our Homes and Neighborhoods

To restore the economy and create jobs, banks must offer good, safe loans to consumers, homeowners and businesses. We need to end the foreclosure crisis and stop people losing their homes, and we need community reinvestment that directs responsible lending to our communities and businesses. Read more.

End Taxpayer Funded Bailouts

No more foxes guarding the chicken coop: banks should not be able to pick their own regulators. And “too big to fail” should be too big to exist. To prevent the next crisis, we need accountable, transparent and democratic regulators to prevent banks from getting too big or acting irresponsibly. Read more.

Create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency

We need this agency to protect us from abusive financial products, just as we have clear rules to prevent the sale of poisonous food, drugs with deadly side effects, and toasters that are likely to explode. Read more.

Hot Policy Topics: An Independent CFPA

The CFPA must be independent – not subject to veto or approval by any prudential regulator or any other person or board. Read why.

Social Investment Forum to Senators Dodd and Shelby: Support a CFPA
February 4, 2010 – 9:45 am

Dear Chairman Dodd and Senator Shelby:
The signatories below, representing socially responsible and sustainable investors, are writing to reiterate our support for an independent and robust Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), as proposed in the draft …

Business Leaders, Sen. Cantwell, Advocates Call for End to Reckless Speculation, Rebuild the Real Economy
February 3, 2010 – 5:17 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: February 3, 2010
Americans for Financial Reform, the Commodities Markets Oversight Coalition Band Together to Put Cops Back on the Futures and Derivatives Beat, Close Loopholes That Fostered Financial Meltdown
Washington, DC – Business …

AFR to Senators: Create a Sound and Functional Resolution Authority
February 3, 2010 – 4:23 pm

February 1, 2010
The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd
The Honorable Richard C.  Shelby
The Honorable Robert P. Corker
The Honorable Mark R. Warner
Mr. Michael S. Barr
Dear Chairman Dodd,
We, the organizations comprising Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), are writing to …

AFR to Senator Dodd: Support Strong Reforms
February 3, 2010 – 12:12 pm

February 1, 2010
The Honorable Christopher Dodd
Chairman
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
534 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20510
Dear Senator Dodd:
We are writing today to convey our strong support for comprehensive regulatory reform, and to …