Joint Letter: Letter to Congress from 104 Groups in Support of COVID-19 Debt Collection Protections
Letter from 104 groups urging Congress to enact COVID-19 debt collection protections
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Letter to Regulators: Let Municipal Borrowers Access Main Street Lending Facilities
The AFR Education Fund wrote a letter to the Federal Reserve calling on them to let smaller public and municipal borrowers access the Main Street Lending Program which supports bank loans to businesses and non-profits. This would assist the many public borrowers who cannot issue
NEWS RELEASE: While American Workers Face Ongoing Struggle to Save for Retirement, Department of Labor Appears Poised to Strip Them of Important Protections
With the country struggling to address pandemic-related economic disruptions that have made it harder than ever for working Americans to save for a secure and independent retirement, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) is expected to release its new investment advice rule for retirement plans within weeks, if not days. Advocates for workers, investors, and retirees are concerned the new rule could make matters worse by stripping retirement savers of already inadequate protections from faulty investment advice.
Webinar: Protect the CFPB – A Supreme Court Briefing
Linda Jun, AFR-EF senior policy counsel, participated in a webinar hosted by Demand Justice on the Seila Law vs. CFPB case that was before the Supreme Court.
NEWS RELEASE: Americans for Financial Reform applauds the release of the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020
This legislation will create vitally needed new public protections by putting constraints on the collection, use, sharing, and selling of our personal data by financial services companies and all firms.
News Release: Brown Bill on Data Would Improve Consumer Privacy
This legislation will create vitally needed new public protections by putting constraints on the collection, use, sharing, and selling of our personal data by financial services companies and all firms. The Data Accountability and Transparency Act’s bright-line approach appropriately shifts the burden of privacy protection away from consumers, who have minimal resources to protect themselves, and toward corporations, which profit immensely from the aggregation of our data.
News Release: Congress Must Improve Disclosure in COVID-19 Relief Programs
Lawmakers must dramatically step up the quality and quantity of data that the executive branch releases on programs designed to provide relief from the economic downturn stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a letter from 26 labor, community, consumer, and other organizations.
Joint Letter: Coalition Letter to the Office of Management and Budget Regarding Coronavirus-Related Data Disclosures
Detailed and timely data disclosures are required so Congress, Inspectors General, and the specialized Coronavirus oversight bodies created by the CARES Act can ensure Coronavirus expenditures and benefits are being delivered to the public as intended.
Joint Letter: Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Strengthen and Clarify Coronavirus-Related Data Disclosures
Detailed and timely data disclosures are required to ensure Coronavirus-related expenditures and benefits are being delivered to the public as Congress intended.
Blog Post: Trump’s disaster capitalism rewards real estate investor cronies with extended Opportunity Zone tax break
Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans are using COVID-19 health crisis and economic recession to double down on tax cuts for the top 1 percent.