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This Week in Wall Street Reform
February 3, 2012 – 1:57 pm

Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – January 28, 2012 – February 3, 2012.

This Week in Wall Street Reform
January 27, 2012 – 6:11 pm

Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – January 21, 2012 – January 27, 2012.

AFR Letter: Reject Harmful Derivatives Bills in House Agriculture Committee
January 25, 2012 – 11:38 am

Read our letter to members of Congress urging them to reject HR 1840, 2779, 2586, 2682, and 3527, a series of derivatives bills in the House Agriculture Committee that would severely weaken regulation.

This Week in Wall Street Reform
January 20, 2012 – 2:41 pm

Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – January 14, 2012 – January 20, 2012.

This Week in Wall Street Reform
January 13, 2012 – 3:19 pm

Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – January 7, 2012 – January 13, 2012.

AFR in the News: CFTC Votes 4-to-1 for Rules Aimed at Wall Street Swap Abuse
January 13, 2012 – 3:15 pm

“The final regulations are a ‘significant weakening’ of the CFTC’s original proposal, Marcus Stanley, policy director of Americans for Financial Reform, which includes AFL-CIO and other labor unions, said in an e-mail today. ‘The numerous opt-outs, exceptions, and safe harbors in the final rule can effectively give swap dealers a free pass out of compliance with key statutory protections,’ Stanley said.”