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
Listen to AFR Director Heather Booth discuss financial reform, the causes of the economic crisis, and how to get involved in the fight to rein in the big banks here. Heather’s portion begins around 19:30.
The New York Times published an article discussing how labor unions have been helping in the fight for financial reform. AFR was mentioned in the following excerpt: Unions are holding up many of their own members as victims of the banks’ bad bets, like subprime
CNBC reported that consumers are almost unanimous about the need for financial reform. The article touched on different activist campaigns that are underway concerning the issue. Also discussed was the resistance coming from organizations such as the American Bankers Association. Americans for Financial Reform was
Heather McGhee, the Director of the Washington office of Demos and a member of Americans for Financial Reform, was interviewed on CNBC this morning about Senator Dodd’s financial reform proposal. The segment below focuses on the proposed rule of the Federal Reserve in the new
Fight Club fans take note! AFR Executive Director Heather Booth wrote up the rules of real financial reform for the Huffington Post. Here are first few: The first rule of real financial reform is that you can’t stop fighting for it. The second rule of