AFR signed onto to a letter along with more than 50 other organizations, urging members of Congress to support full funding for the CFTC.

AFR sent a letter to the SEC and CFTC urging them to hold the line on their definition of swap dealer and not to radically change it.

Americans for Financial Reform hosted a conference call for reporters and bloggers to discuss the impact of Wall Street speculation on gas prices.

Americans for Financial Reform will host a conference call for reporters and bloggers on Today at 12:00 PM EDT to discuss the impact of Wall Street speculation on gas prices. Wall Street gambling is driving up gas prices and putting a strain on the economic recovery and the pocket-books of working families and the middle class.

AFR sent a letter to members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services today urging them to full fund the CFTC.

AFR sent a letter to the SEC and CFTC urging regulators not to revise and loosen their original definition of ‘swap dealer’.