This op-ed by AFR Steering Committee Member Cathy Lesser Mansfield appeared in the Des Moines Register today in response to Senator Grassley’s announcement that he will not vote for financial reform. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s decision not to support the banking bill before the Senate this week is bad for Iowa. He claims the bill
CNBC reported that consumers are almost unanimous about the need for financial reform. The article touched on different activist campaigns that are underway concerning the issue. Also discussed was the resistance coming from organizations such as the American Bankers Association. Americans for Financial Reform was mentioned in the following section: Americans for Financial Reform, a
Fight Club fans take note! AFR Executive Director Heather Booth wrote up the rules of real financial reform for the Huffington Post. Here are first few: The first rule of real financial reform is that you can’t stop fighting for it. The second rule of real financial reform is that you CAN’T STOP fighting for
AFR Director Heather Booth has a new column on the Huffinton Post exposing Frank Luntz’s lies about financial reform. Here’s an excerpt from her post: Seen this ad from the “Committee for Truth in Politics”? If the name weren’t comical enough, the visuals are. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take the message seriously. The
Heather Booth, the Executive Director of Americans for Financial Reform, is now blogging on the Huffington Post. Click here to read her profile and subscribe to her blog. This week, she’s talking about the link between unemployment and the need for financial reform, especially given the huge bonuses that the big banks CEOs have rewarded
John Taylor, President & CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), discussed the next wave of AIG bonuses on Fox Business News. In response to another guest’s hemming and hawing about what is appropriate compensation and how a salary is defined, John really made it plain: “I think most of us can define a