Category Archives: Financial Reform News

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Mortgage Mod Quigley Amendment Letter of Support

December 8, 2009 DRAFT 2:30 p.m. Representative  Mike Quigley U.S.  House of Representatives 1319 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Re: NPV Transparency Amendment to H.R. 4173 Dear Representative Quigley: On behalf of the nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, employee, investor, community and civil

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CFPA Foreclosure-Mortgage Mod Amendment Letter of Support

U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515 December 8, 2009 RE: HELP MILLIONS OF FAMILIES STAY IN THEIR HOMES …AT NO COST TO TAXPAYERS! SUPPORT THE CONYERS-TURNER-LOFGREN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4173 Dear Representative: We write individually and on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, a

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CFPA Strike Agency Amendment Letter of Support

U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515 December 8, 2009 Dear Representative, We, the nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights organizations of Americans for Financial Reform, write today to ask you to support the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Indy Star: Put Hoosiers’ Welfare Before Big Banks

The Indianapolis Star ran this op-ed today by David Arkush and Ronetta Spalding about the need to create a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA).  Here is an excerpt: Who’s going to bail out Hoosiers? In September 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed in New York, sending

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CFPA-Chamber Letter

December 7, 2009 Dear member of Congress: On behalf of XX, I urge you to reject the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s duplicitous opposition to the proposed Consumer Fairness Protection Agency Act (CFPA) and to support this essential reform when it comes before the House this

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Miller-Moore Amendment Letter of Support

U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515 December 7, 2009 Re: Support Rep. Miller-Moore Amendment Dear Representative, As members of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 200 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups, we write today in support of the

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Kilroy Amendment Letter of Support

U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515 December 7, 2009 Re: Support Rep. Kilroy’s Systemic Resolution Fund Amendment Dear Representative: As members of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 200 consumer, employee, investor, community, business and civil rights groups, we write you

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Inslee GDP Amendment Letter of Support

U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515 December 7, 2009 Re: Support Rep. Inslee’s Amendment to limit Firm Liabilities to 2% of the GDP Dear Member, The over 200 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are member of Americans for Financial Reform

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Glass Steagall Letter of Support

United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 December 7, 2009 Re: Support the Hinchey-Inslee-Conyers-DeFazio-Tierney Amendment to restore Glass-Steagall Protections Dear Member, The over 200 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are member of Americans for Financial Reform write you today to

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CFPA Arbitration Letter of Support

United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515 December 7, 2009 Dear Representative, We write to express our support for Sec. 4208 of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) Act, Title IV of H.R. 4173, which authorizes the CFPA to restrict or prohibit the use