To: Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee Re: Support House Offer on Title II – Resolution Authority to Improve Regulatory Capacity to Prevent the Next Financial Crisis The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial
Today, Heather Booth, Director of Americans for Financial Reform, stated, “Section 716 of the Senate derivatives title remains one of the most critical, structural reforms left standing in the Wall Street Reform bill. Wall Street lobbyists have thrown everything they have at it because they want to keep using Americans’ deposits and federal dollars to
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee Washington, DC 20510 Re: Support House Offer on Title I – Systemic Risk to Improve Regulatory Capacity to Prevent the Next Financial Crisis June 17, 2010 Dear Member, The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights
June 16, 2010 To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee Washington, DC 20510 Re: Support Statutory Guidelines on Bank Debt and Capital Dear Conferee: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) urge
**PRESS CONFERENCE CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 4:30 PM ET** To download press conference go to this link Washington, DC – On Thursday, June 17, at 4:30 PM, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) will join with experts to call for banks to get back to the basic commercial banking business of making loans to consumers and businesses instead of
AFR sent the following letter to Senate Democratic members of the Conference Commmittee today. June 16, 2010 Dear Senate Conferee: Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) and some its major partners, including AARP, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Consumer Federation of America, ShareOwners.org and SEIU, supported efforts in the Senate to include private aiding and abetting liability under the securities laws