Americans for Financial Reform

Government Category: Advocacy Documents

AFR Urges Congress to Reject HR 5018

AFR sent a letter to members of Congress, urging them to reject HR 5018. This legislation would dramatically reduce the ability of the Federal Reserve to effectively regulate Wall Street banks and financial institutions by imposing complex cost benefit requirements that must be satisfied before any rulemaking can take place.

AFR Urges Congress to Let Regulators Do Their Jobs, and to Reject HR 5016

AFR sent a letter to members of Congress opposing HR 5016. This bill would place funding restrictions on our financial regulatory agencies. Sections of this bill would undermine consumer protections that are currently in place, weaken Wall Street reforms, and hurt the ability of regulators to do an efficient job protecting the economy.

AFR and More Than 30 Orgnizations Support Operation Choke Point and Other Efforts to Fight Payment Fraud

AFR sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose any effort block funding for the Department of Justice’s Operation Choke Point or to weaken other regulator efforts to fight payment fraud. This proposal works to ensure that banks and payment processors comply with longstanding due diligence requirements so that they can avoid facilitating illegal activity by knowing their customers, monitoring return rates, and being alert for suspicious activity.

AFR Opposes Efforts to Make It Easier to Game Stress Tests

AFR sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose the “Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act.” This bill would empower Wall Street to prevent effective Federal Reserve oversight of the nation‟s largest banks.