The following article was published in Dos Mundos, a Kansas City news service, and covered CCO’s celebrating following the financial reform bill signing. Click here to read the full article in English and Spanish, and see photos from the event on page 3A. The grassroots
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: July 27, 2010 CONTACT: Mary C. Tintes Victory For Main Street Senators Conrad and Dorgan receive recognition from Americans for Financial Reform Fargo, ND – Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations who
Here is a roundup of editorials from last week that show the immense support for Wall Street reform: USA Today Editorial: Mindless partisanship mars passage of banking reform: “The financial reform measure, though far from perfect, is clearly a step toward making the system safer.
For Immediate Release July 19, 2010 Wall Street Reform Bill Still Garnering Mass Applause While Opponents Continue to be Disparaged for Their Motives Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: Wall Street reform: Congress makes the proper response to crisis, July 19: “The nation’s gravest financial crisis since the Depression
With the final Senate passage of the Wall Street Reform Bill, Round One is over; AFR, our coalition, consumers, and now our elected officials have done their part. Now it’s the big banks’ turn. George Goehl, executive director of National People’s Action, recently wrote this
The Motley Fool recently ran this piece, telling us what consumers “need to know” in order to conclude whether or not the financial crises end here and now. Here is an excerpt: Depending upon who you listened to, the financial reform bill that passed yesterday
Check out this editorial in The Washington Post, in which Ezra Klein tells us how to make sure consumer protection starts off on the right foot: by making Elizabeth Warren head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Here is an excerpt from his piece:
The New York Times recently published this editorial, which talks about the recent victory over Wall Street and tells readers what needs to be done next. Here is an excerpt from this piece: Republican opponents would have you believe that lack of bipartisanship was evidence