http://www.campaignmoney.org/press-room/2011/04/21/spencer-bachus-1st-quarter-funds
Washington, D.C.—Ninety-seven percent of Rep. Spencer Bachus’ (R-Ala.) first quarter fundraising came from donations outside of Alabama, according to Public Campaign Action Fund analysis of data provided by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). Bachus, chairman …

Since Congress largely deregulated consumer deposit (checking and savings) accounts beginning in the early 1980s, the PIRGs have tracked bank deposit account fee changes and documented the banks’ long-term strategy to raise fees, invent new fees and make it harder to avoid fees.

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Mr. Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Maloney, Members of the Subcommittee:
My name is Adam Levitin, and I am an Associate Professor of Law at the Georgetown
University Law Center in Washington, D.C., where …

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“LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THE STRUCTURE OF THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU”
April 6, 2011
Good morning, Chairwoman Capito, Ranking Member Maloney, and so many of my good friends here on the Subcommittee. …

Republican lawmakers should stand down in their efforts to delay and obstruct the shaping of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which if properly implemented will go down in history as the most significant and innovative change to come out of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

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AFR Statement on House Financial Services Subcommittee Hearing on Proposals To Weaken CFPB
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together …