FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2010 CONTACT: Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870 Jeremy Funk, 202-470-5878 Democratic-Led Congress Delivers Major Victory for Main Street with Passage of Wall Street Reform Republican Leader Boehner Already Calling for Its Repeal on Behalf of His Party’s Wall Street Donors Washington DC – The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is
For Immediate Release July 15, 2010 Contact: Lauren Saunders, (202) 452-6252 x 105, lsaunders@nclcdc.org NCLC Applauds Final Passage of Wall Street Reform The National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low income clients, applauded the Senate vote today passing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The House passed the bill last
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Miller at (202) 942-2285, (202) 413-1775 or davidmiller@liuna.org LIUNA Applauds Senate Passage of Financial Reform Legislation is a good first step in cleaning up Wall Street’s mess July 15, 2010 (Washington, D.C.) – Today LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – applauded the Senate for passing major
Statement from Maine Small Business Coalition spokesperson David White on the financial reform bill, which cleared a cloture vote in the U.S Senate just before noon today: “Main Street won out over Wall Street today. By regulating derivatives and other risky investment schemes, the financial reform bill will encourage banks to get back to basics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2010 CONTACT: Tiffiniy Cheng 413-637-6255 Zephyr Teachout 802-922-1719 ANWF: The Finreg Bill Proves The Banks Proved the Banks Can be Beaten Worcestor, MA – A New Way Forward, an online organization that has been fighting for structural reform for since March 2009, with over 24,000 members, released the following statement
With the landmark passage of the Financial Reform Bill now a part of history, Heather Booth, director of Americans for Financial Reform, took the time to describe the ups and downs of the long-fought battle for reform in The Huffington Post. Here is an excerpt from that article: Nearly two years after the reckless behavior