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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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Support House Offer on Title I – Systemic Risk to Improve Regulatory Capacity to Prevent the Next Financial Crisis
June 17, 2010 – 9:12 am

To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee
Washington, DC 20510
Re: Support House Offer on Title I – Systemic Risk to Improve Regulatory Capacity to Prevent the Next Financial …

AFR Derivatives Response to the New Democrat Coalition Letter
June 16, 2010 – 3:54 pm

June 16, 2010
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Conferee:
We write on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of over 250 national, …

AFR Opposes Loopholes in the Volcker Rule and Urges Adoption of Strong Merkley-Levin Language
June 16, 2010 – 3:30 pm

June 16, 2010
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee
Washington, DC 20510
Re: Opposition to Loopholes Allowing Banks to Invest Taxpayer-Backed Capital in Risky Leveraged Buyout & Hedge Funds
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Speier Leverage Letter
June 16, 2010 – 3:14 pm

June 16, 2010
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee
Washington, DC 20510
Re: Support Statutory Guidelines on Bank Debt and Capital
Dear Conferee:
The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small …

Senator Merkley, Experts Call for Big Banks to Get Back to Banking, Push for Merkley-Levin Provision
June 16, 2010 – 1:26 pm

**PRESS CONFERENCE CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 4:30 PM ET**
To download press conference go to this link
Washington, DC – On Thursday, June 17, at 4:30 PM, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) will join with experts to call for banks …

AFR Supports Waters Amendment On Private Aiding And Abetting Liability
June 16, 2010 – 1:14 pm

AFR sent the following letter to Senate Democratic members of the Conference Commmittee today.
June 16, 2010
Dear Senate Conferee:
Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) and some its major partners, including
AARP, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Consumer Federation of America, ShareOwners.org …