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AFR in the News: Public Citizen, Other Groups Call For U.S. To Break Up Bank Of America
January 27, 2012 – 6:09 pm

“Nearly two dozen professors and groups have joined the effort. Bank of America, the Fed and the Treasury declined to comment on the planned petition. …the letter was distributed on a list-serve for a coalition called Americans for Financial Reform…”

Wall Street Reform: Systemic Risk Regulation
June 30, 2010 – 2:32 pm

Under current law, there is no single body designated to look at the “big picture,” and head off financial crises like the crash of 2008 and major non-bank players in the financial market operated in …

Stiglitz in Politico: Conference Must Preserve Strongest Provisions
June 9, 2010 – 9:59 am

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz writes in Politico about the upcoming Conference Committee between the House and Senate.  He writes:
The future of improved financial regulations depends largely on how the differences between the House …

Report: How Too-Big-To-Fail’s Army of Lobbyists Has Captured Washington
May 12, 2010 – 9:58 am

New Report Details Vast Army Of Former Federal Workers Now Lobbying For The Big Banks
A new report, released today, shows that throughout the financial reform debate, the finance industry has spent an estimated $1.4 million per day to influence Congress, …

AFR: Defeat of Brown-Kaufman Amendment is a Win for the Banks
May 7, 2010 – 9:49 am

AFR: Defeat Of Brown Kaufman Amendment Is A Win For The Banks
Overall Bill Remains Strong But Big Banks Are Working Day And Night To Weaken It
After the first full week of debate on Financial Reform …

Summary of the SAFE Banking Act (a.k.a. Brown-Kaufman amendment)
May 6, 2010 – 8:27 am

Read FAQs about the SAFE Banking Act here – see page 3 (pdf).
Our financial system has become dominated by institutions that are “too big to fail.” Moreover, as FDIC Chairman Bill Isaac has said, they …