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AFR Urges Sen. Corker: Stand Up for Your Work
April 19, 2010 – 1:25 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 19, 2010
Campaign Urges Sen. Corker:  Stand Up for Your Work
As Republican Leaders Attack Corker’s Wall Street Accountability Bill, Tennesseans Will Send Message to Stay Strong
Washington DC – On the eve of …

AFR: No More Taxpayer Bailouts
April 15, 2010 – 1:37 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Washington, DC – Today, Tax Day, as Americans are all too aware of where their tax dollars are going, Americans for Financial Reform agrees that taxpayers should never again be on the hook for …

Fact Check: Big Banks Must Pay Up
April 5, 2010 – 9:32 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The so-called $50 billion “bailout slush fund” would force big banks to pay not taxpayers

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform denounces the misstatements by opponents of reform – including Senators Shelby and DeMint …

AFR: Senators Merkley and Levin Work to Prevent Wall Street from Betting Our Savings
March 10, 2010 – 12:45 pm

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement about the Protect our Recovery through Oversight of Proprietary Trading Act (or PROP Trading Act).

Heather Booth, Executive Director, Americans for Financial Reform: …

Huffington Post: The Real Price of Proprietary Trading
February 24, 2010 – 4:49 pm

James Crotty, Gerald Epstein, and Iren Levina have co-authored an article regarding financial reform, the “Volcker Rule,” and the real cost of propriety trading.  Here is the introduction to the article:
President Obama’s endorsement of the …