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NCLC Applauds Final Passage of Wall Street Reform

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

LIUNA Applauds Senate Passage of Financial Reform

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

MSBC: A Win For Main Street

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

ANWF: The Finreg Bill Proves The Banks Proved the Banks Can be Beaten

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

Heather Booth: V-I-C-T-O-R-Y !!!

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