Home » Archive by Tags

Articles tagged with: auto dealers

Stiglitz in Politico: Conference Must Preserve Strongest Provisions
June 9, 2010 – 9:59 am

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz writes in Politico about the upcoming Conference Committee between the House and Senate.  He writes:
The future of improved financial regulations depends largely on how the differences between the House …

AFR to Conference: Don’t Exempt Auto Dealers
June 2, 2010 – 9:05 am

June 2, 2010
Senator
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator:
As a conferee on the financial reform bill, you will certainly be hearing from the auto dealers about their interest in being exempted from the …

AFR Supports Merkley-Levin, Opposes Brownback Amendment in any form
May 20, 2010 – 2:12 pm

Senator
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Re: SUPPORT MERKLEY-LEVIN,
OPPOSE BROWNBACK AMENDMENT IN ANY FORM
Dear Senator,
On behalf of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), we urge you to support the Merkley-Levin Amendment to S. 3217, …

Brownback Modificaiton Merely Provides Window Dressing, But Fails To Stop Auto Fraud
May 18, 2010 – 9:15 am

OPPOSE AMENDMENT #3789
Senator Brownback’s Modified Amendment #3789 which provides a special interest carve out for auto dealers, does not protect US military personnel or any other American consumer from the abusive and unscrupulous practices of …

Advocates Oppose Car Dealer Carve Out
May 17, 2010 – 1:48 pm

The industry that has the most complaints to the Better Business Bureau should not be exempted from consumer protection

Consumer Federation of America: “In the fight over Senator Brownback’s (R-KS) amendment exempting auto dealers …

Wall Street Influence, By the Numbers
May 14, 2010 – 11:19 am
Wall Street Influence, By the Numbers

$1.4 MILLION…The amount that the finance industry is spending every day to influence Congress.
$600 MILLION…The amount that the six big banks and their trade associations have spent on lobbying, trade association activity, and political contributions since the …