Heather Booth, director of Americans for Financial Reform, recently made a guest appearance on the Marc Steiner Show, during which she explains “what’s in the bill, what compromises have been made, and how it will affect us all.” Click here to listen to the audio
Heather Booth, director of Americans for Financial Reform was recently a guest on Counterpoint, a Connecticut-based radio show. During the show, she discussed the compromises made during the process of drafting the final version of the financial reform bill. Click here to listen to the
Jim Carr of NCRC recently appeared on the Ed Show to talk about the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and foreclosure prevention. Watch the clip from NCRC’s YouTube channel below.
Heather McGhee of Demos recently appeared on the Ed Show to talk about financial reform. Watch the clip from MSNBC below. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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