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AFR: Congress Passes Financial Reform in a Victory for Main Street
July 16, 2010 – 9:39 am
AFR: Congress Passes Financial Reform in a Victory for Main Street

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: July 15, 2010
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations who have spent the past year fighting for Financial Reform …

Op-Ed: Toasters safer; why not bank products?
June 4, 2010 – 2:43 pm

This op-ed was placed in the Tennessee Opinion by Krissa Barclay, for­mer chair­man of the David­son County Demo­c­ra­tic Party, and Lauren Saunders, managing attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. This piece makes note of …

NCLC: Dodd-Carper Deal on Preemption Does Not Give in to All Bank Demands
May 19, 2010 – 9:09 am

Lauren Saunders, Managing Attorney of the National Consumer Law Center, issued the following statement about the Dodd-Carper deal on preemption which passed the Senate 80-18:
“Senator Dodd and Senator Carper have reached a deal to modify Senator …

Examples of State Consumer Protection Laws that Have Been Preempted
May 3, 2010 – 10:16 am

Courtesy of the National Consumer Law Center
April 28, 2010
The following are examples of state laws that have been preempted by federal bank regulations.  Section 1044 of S. 3217, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act, allows bank regulators …

CFPA and Nonbanks: A Snapshot
March 12, 2010 – 4:16 pm

Our friends at the National Consumer Law Center have put together a great two-page report on the dire need for federal regulation of non-bank lenders.  The report focuses on the problems created by the current …

CFPA Rules Can Be Reviewed for Safety and Soundness Using the APA
March 3, 2010 – 3:46 pm

This information is courtesy of AFR member the National Consumer Law Center:
In the debate over the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), some have argued that an independent CFPA might issue rules that jeopardize bank safety …