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AFR Press Statement: President Obama’s Recess Appointment of Richard Cordray
January 4, 2012 – 11:02 am | Comments Off

Consumers won today when President Obama defied Wall Street interests to make a recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama stood with consumers and families in making this crucial decision.

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AFR’s Positions on Proposed House Offer on Title X, the CFPB
June 22, 2010 – 12:00 pm

June 22, 2010
Chairman Christopher Dodd
Chairman Barney Frank
Re: AFR positions on proposed House offer on Title X
Dear Senator/Representative:
We write on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform regarding the proposed House Conference offer on Title X of …

AFR to Conference Committee: Oppose HR 4173 Exemption of Attorneys Engaged in Unfair, Deceptive or Abusive Consumer Financial Practices
June 22, 2010 – 9:27 am

Oppose the House Offer on H.R. 4173 to Exempt Attorneys Engaged in Unfair, Deceptive or Abusive Consumer Financial Practices
June 22, 2010
House-Senate Conferees, H.R. 4173
Dear Senator or Representative:
Americans for Financial Reform and the undersigned organizations – …

AFR to Conference Committee: Do Not Authorize the Fed to Regulate Securities, Futures and Derivatives Clearinghouses
June 22, 2010 – 8:28 am

June 18, 2010
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee
Re: Opposition of the Fed to regulate Securities, Futures and Derivatives Clearinghouses

Dear Conferee:
The over 250 consumer, employee, …

AFR Works Across the Country to Show Support for Wall Street Reform
June 18, 2010 – 2:41 pm

For Immediate Release
June 18, 2010

AFR Works Across the Country to Show Support for Wall Street Reform

To show the continued momentum on Main Street for financial reform, on Tuesday, June 22, community leaders …

MO Activists Deliver Scissors to Rep. Blunt: Cut ties with Wall Str Lobbyists!
June 18, 2010 – 1:12 pm
MO Activists Deliver Scissors to Rep. Blunt: Cut ties with Wall Str Lobbyists!

[Springfield, MO] – As the conference committee proceeds in the final stages of writing the financial regulatory reform bill, a group of consumers in Southwest Missouri delivered a pair of cardboard scissors to Congressman Roy …

Opposition of the Fed to Regulate Securities, Futures and Derivatives Clearinghouses
June 18, 2010 – 9:18 am

June 18, 2010
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee
Washington, DC 20510
Re: Opposition of the Fed to regulate Securities, Futures and Derivatives Clearinghouses

Dear Conferee:
The over …