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Hold Corporate Boards and Management Accountable: Oppose Amendments to Strike Corporate Governance Provisions
May 13, 2010 – 9:20 am

May 13, 2010
Senator
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
HOLD CORPORATE BOARDS AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABLE:
OPPOSE AMENDMENTS TO STRIKE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE  PROVISIONS
Dear Senator:
The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members …

Protect Investors from Wall Street Abuses
May 11, 2010 – 1:39 pm

Protect Investors from Wall Street Abuses:
Make Brokers and Swaps Dealers Act in Their Customers’ Best Interests
Click here for a pdf version of this letter.

The recent hearing in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Goldman …

AFR Letter Regarding Aiding and Abetting
May 4, 2010 – 1:03 pm

April 22, 2010
Honorable Arlen Specter                                                  Honorable Jack Reed
U.S Senate                                                                               U.S. Senate
711 Hart Senate Office Bldg.                                           728 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC  20510                                                    Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senators Specter and Reed:
The undersigned organizations write to …

AFR Supports “Fiduciary Duty” for Swaps Dealers
May 3, 2010 – 8:57 am

April 30, 2010
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator:
Americans for Financial Reform is a coalition of more than 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, labor and civil rights groups.  Consumer Federation of America is a non-profit …

AFR Supports Senator Menendez Amendment to Increase Transparency in Accounting
April 26, 2010 – 12:30 pm

U.S Senator Robert Menendez
528 Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
April 23, 2010
Dear Senator Menendez,
The over 200 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) write to …

AFR Calls on Senate to Maintain Strong Corporate Governance Reforms
February 24, 2010 – 10:56 am

For immediate release
February 24, 2010
AFR Calls on Senate to Maintain Strong Corporate Governance Reforms
Says Board Failures a Key Factor in Financial Meltdown;
Questions Credibility of U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led Opposition

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the U.S. Senate …