AFR sent a letter to the House, urging opposition to HR 2779 and HR 2682, two harmful derivatives bills which are inaccurately being presented as ‘technical amendments’ necessary to correct minor issues in the Dodd-Frank Act.
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U.S. PIRG sent a letter to the Senate this morning, echoing AFR’s letter supporting both the Reed and the Merkley-Bennet-Brown Amendments and urging members to vote NO on the JOBS Act.
The AFL-CIO sent a letter to the Senate this morning urging members to vote YES on the Reed Amendment to the JOBS Act.
AFR and CFA sent a letter to the Senate urging members to support both the Reed Amendment and the Merkley-Bennet-Brown Amendments, and to vote NO on the underlying bill.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2012 Contact: AARP Media Relations 202-434-2560 media@aarp.org AARP: JOBS Act Lacks Vital Investor Protections Washington, DC – AARP Senior Vice President Joyce Rogers issued the following statement today in response to the Senate passage of
AFR sent a letter to members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services today urging them to full fund the CFTC.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights sent a letter to the Senate urging members’ support of the Reed-Landrieu-Levin amendment.
30 public interest groups, including AFR, sent a letter to the Senate supporting pro-investor changes to the JOBS Act, and urging members to oppose the underlying bill if these changes are unmade.
Main Street Alliance sent a letter to the Senate today urging them to support amendments to the JOBS Act that would protect small businesses.