An AFR event in Boston is referenced in this AP article. Excerpt: Advocates of the bill to rein in Wall Street were casting Brown’s dealmaking as a shift from underdog candidate in a pickup truck to something more amorphous. The Massachusetts branch of Americans for
Read the full article here. Here is an excerpt: NEW YORK (TheStreet) — While Main Street headed to lawmakers’ doorsteps with thousands of voter petitions on Wednesday to sway the debate on financial reform, Wall Street and corporate America were spending big bucks on lobbyists. Both
Heather Booth, AFR Director, and Ed Mierzwinski of US PIRG spoke on Coffee Party radio yesterday explaining the status of financial reform and how Americans can get involved. Listen to internet radio with Coffee Party USA on Blog Talk Radio
Americans for Financial Reform was recently mentioned in a Boston Globe Op-Ed by Robert Kuttner. The piece talks about the need for citizens to stand up to lobbyists and other corporate powerhouses, from big banks to big oil. More than half a century ago, the
AFR recently helped host a press conference call with Robert Stiglitz and other experts regarding the need to reform big banks’ deceptive practices. The call, which you can read about and listen to here, has been mentioned in multiple media sources including the ones listed
This article in the Washington Independent talked about the strengths and weaknesses of the Senate’s financial reform bill, and quoted AFR Director Heather Booth. By and large, consumer watchdogs — some of the bill’s fiercest critics and biggest supporters — were happy with the final
A recent article in the New York Times focused on the conference process for the recently-passed Senate version of financial reform legislation. AFR’s Director was quoted in the article: In another sign of the unusual political dynamics that have accompanied the monthslong debate over the
MarketWatch covered the recent Senate vote for financial reform, and mentioned AFR Director Heather Booth in their article after the bill’s passage. “Yesterday we won an enormous victory for Main Street against Wall Street,” said Heather Booth, executive director of Americans for Financial Reform. “There
Roll Call reported on AFR’s positions on the Senate financial reform bill: The consumer-backed Americans for Financial Reform laid out its amendment strategy Tuesday, saying it intends to strengthen provisions in the Senate financial regulatory reform bill while defending against Wall Street’s attempts to weaken
Daily Kos recently blogged about our webinar with Professor Elizabeth Warren and AFR’s other efforts, including a new partner site to fight back against the Chamber of Commerce’s lies. The blog entry says: In a conference call for Americans for Financial Reform this week, Elizabeth