Category Archives: Financial Reform News

Help Get Elizabeth Warren Nominated to Head the CFPB

Here’s what you can do to show your support for Elizabeth Warren, the ideal candidate for head of the CFPB: Send a letter to President Obama, letting him know you want Elizabeth Warren in that seat. Sign The Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s petition in support

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AFR: Elizabeth Warren Should Head CFPB

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Doug Gordon (202) 822-5200 x237 July 17, 2010 AFR: Elizabeth Warren Should Head CFPB Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations who have spent the past year fighting for Financial

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Ezra Klein: Starting consumer protection right

Check out this editorial in The Washington Post, in which Ezra Klein tells us how to make sure consumer protection starts off on the right foot: by making Elizabeth Warren head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Here is an excerpt from his piece:

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NCLC Applauds Final Passage of Wall Street Reform

For Immediate Release July 15, 2010 Contact: Lauren Saunders, (202) 452-6252 x 105, lsaunders@nclcdc.org NCLC Applauds Final Passage of Wall Street Reform The National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low income clients, applauded the Senate vote today passing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform

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LIUNA Applauds Senate Passage of Financial Reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Miller at (202) 942-2285, (202) 413-1775 or davidmiller@liuna.org LIUNA Applauds Senate Passage of Financial Reform Legislation is a good first step in cleaning up Wall Street’s mess July 15, 2010 (Washington, D.C.) – Today LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union

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MSBC: A Win For Main Street

Statement from Maine Small Business Coalition spokesperson David White on the financial reform bill, which cleared a cloture vote in the U.S Senate just before noon today: “Main Street won out over Wall Street today. By regulating derivatives and other risky investment schemes, the financial

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ANWF: The Finreg Bill Proves The Banks Proved the Banks Can be Beaten

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2010 CONTACT: Tiffiniy Cheng 413-637-6255 Zephyr Teachout 802-922-1719 ANWF: The Finreg Bill Proves The Banks Proved the Banks Can be Beaten Worcestor, MA – A New Way Forward, an online organization that has been fighting for structural reform for since