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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 …

Senate Banking Committee Passes Financial Reform Bill
March 23, 2010 – 8:21 am
Senate Banking Committee Passes Financial Reform Bill

AFR Statement on Committee Passage Of Financial Reform Bill

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of over 200 groups, released the following statement today on Chairman Dodd’s financial reform legislation:
Heather Booth, Executive Director, …

Take Action to Strengthen “The Restoring American Financial Stability Act”
March 22, 2010 – 3:19 pm

Senator Dodd has released his financial reform proposal. AFR thanks Senator Dodd for taking this important step towards fixing our broken financial system.   It has been a year and a half since our economy crashed …

Sen. Tester: Senate bill would put referees on Wall Street
March 22, 2010 – 8:35 am

Opinion by Sen. Jon Tester
Published in the Billings Gazette
March 21, 2010
You’ve probably already seen the ads on TV or heard them on the radio. Out-of-state groups are shelling out millions to sway your opinion on …