AFR fights to change the expectations of what financial regulation must do, advance a bold agenda to take on Wall Street and corporate power, and shift scores of financial rules to better protect the public interest.
Search below to view our past congressional testimonies, letters to congress, amicus briefs, and letters to regulators.
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Letters to Congress: Letter to The Senate Banking Committee Supporting the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act
Americans for Financial Reform and partners sent a letter to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee supporting the reintroduction of the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act. The legislation would close a longstanding loophole in U.S. policy that allows any type of firm to control a full-service FDIC-insured bank without being subject to the same supervision and regulation.
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Stand Up to the Crypto Billionaires
→ Take Action : Stand Up to the Crypto BillionairesAfter aggressive lobbying and an influx of campaign money from the crypto industry and its billionaire backers, the Senate is poised to take up legislation that would cement a massive deregulatory giveaway to the crypto billionaires.
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