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, DC 20510 Dear Majority and Minority Leaders: The Commodity Markets
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 to voice our strong support for the pre-funded Orderly Liquidation
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) write to express strong support for Section 716 (“Prohibition Against
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, since 1968, has sought to advance the consumer interest through
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 would fix a key problem that contributed to the severity
To: Interested Parties From: Americans for Financial Reform Re: GOP Alternative to S. 3217 Date: April 28, 2010 For nearly a year, both parties in Congress have been debating the direction of financial reform. Ever since the bill moved to the final stages of Senate deliberations, however, opponents of reform have had a hard time