From AFR member NACA: Carper Amendment Provides Complete Immunity to Wall Street Banks OPPOSE Amendment #3949 A vote for the Carper Amendment is a vote against consumer protection. Please stand up for Main Street and oppose Amendment #3949. The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of
Click here to read the letter from AARP regarding their opposition to the Carper Amendment #3949.
Click here to read the letter from Public Citizen opposing Carper 3949.
Click here for the latest letter from the National Fair Housing Alliance regarding their opposition to Carper 3949 (pdf). For an earlier letter from NFHA regarding preemption, see below: ENSURE STRONG CONSUMER PROTECTION IN S. 3217: ENSURE THAT STATES CAN PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS FROM HARMFUL
May 13, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Re: Reject the Vitter Loophole for Bailed-Out Shadow Banks (S.A. 4003) Dear Senator, The 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) urge
May 13, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Regulatory Reform Should Include Strong Tools to Deter Bad Mortgage Lending: Defeat Corker Amendments 3955 Dear Senator: We write on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform to urge you to oppose the Corker-Gregg-Isakson (#3955) amendment
Students and Young Adults Hit Hard by Financial Crisis New Brief Shows Young Americans Need Wall Street Reform WASHNGTON, May 13 – Young Americans face “lasting damage” from the dual crises in the financial sector and in personal finance, making it urgent that Congress pass
May 13, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 HOLD CORPORATE BOARDS AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABLE: OPPOSE AMENDMENTS TO STRIKE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROVISIONS Dear Senator: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR)
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 RE: Support for Whitehouse Interstate Lending amendment to S. 3217 Dear Senator: The consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) write to express strong support for the Whitehouse Interstate
The following charts and documents were created to compare and contrast House and Senate bills in the Conference period. Click here for the US PIRG scorecard. Top 10 Things About Financial Reform (fact sheet) AFR Conference Priorities (as of May 27) CFPA Comparison Chart (doc)