The media is buzzing with reports of support for Elizabeth Warren to serve as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Read some of the highlights here: The Boston Globe named Elizabeth Warren Bostonian of the Year because she “pledged to look out for the middle class and brought a sense of sanity
Here’s what you can do to show your support for Elizabeth Warren, the ideal candidate for head of the CFPB: Send a letter to President Obama, letting him know you want Elizabeth Warren in that seat. Sign The Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s petition in support of enabling Elizabeth Warren to police Wall Street. Sign Public
Press Release July 21, 2010 Wall Street reform bill signed today will limit excessive speculation in agriculture New rules to curb Wall Street’s influence over food and farming Minneapolis – The Wall Street reform bill signed today by President Obama will severely restrict excessive speculation on agriculture commodity futures markets that has harmed U.S. farmers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Doug Gordon (202) 822-5200 x237 July 17, 2010 AFR: Elizabeth Warren Should Head CFPB Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations who have spent the past year fighting for Financial Reform legislation, issued the following statement today on Elizabeth Warren:
Check out this editorial in The Washington Post, in which Ezra Klein tells us how to make sure consumer protection starts off on the right foot: by making Elizabeth Warren head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Here is an excerpt from his piece: My worry isn’t that the Obama administration will pass over