COMMODITY MARKETS OVERSIGHT COALITION An Alliance of Derivatives End-Users & Reform Advocates May 4, 2010 The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader, U.S. Senate 522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader, U.S. Senate 361A Russell Senate Office Building Washington,
The Honorable Chairman Dodd Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 April 9, 2010 Dear Chairman Dodd, The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) are writing
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 May 3, 2010 Re: Letter of support for the Prohibition against Federal Government Bailouts of Swaps Entities Dear Senator: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 3, 2010 As the first full week of debate begins on Financial Reform, danger lies ahead for the bill. The big banks, and their friends on the Hill, will do everything in their power to try to weaken or kill
STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA SMALL BUSINESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1717 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC 29201 www.scsbc.org Statement of Frank Knapp, Jr., president and CEO, The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. April 21, 2010. Press conference with Senators Richard Durbin, Jack Reed and
April 30, 2010 United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator: Americans for Financial Reform is a coalition of more than 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, labor and civil rights groups. Consumer Federation of America is a non-profit association of more than 280 groups that,
Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen hosted a conference call with Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Carl Levin on April 29, 2010 to discuss the financial reform bill and the need to reform proprietary trading. A recording of this call is available below: Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We Must Strengthen, Not Weaken the Senate Bill Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement today as the Senate begins debate on financial reform legislation. Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “I hope the over ten thousand
April 29, 2010 The Honorable Bill Nelson U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Nelson: We are writing on behalf of the undersigned organizations to express our strong support for your amendment to strengthen the credit rating agency reform provisions of S. 3217. Your amendment