The Center for Responsive Politics and Public Citizen recently released a report showing the number of former federal employees now lobbying Congress and federal agencies. They say: Organizations in the financial services sector have deployed at least 1,447 former federal employees to lobby Congress and federal agencies since the beginning of 2009, according to a joint
June 2, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator: As a conferee on the financial reform bill, you will certainly be hearing from the auto dealers about their interest in being exempted from the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency. We maintain that only auto dealers who act as brokers or creditors in
U.S. PIRG has graded Senators on their votes on financial reform. Click here to find out how yours stack up! From their press release: “Looking at how a Senator votes on one final passage vote isn’t enough,” said Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director for U.S. PIRG. “The Senate spent weeks taking critical votes on whether
Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Re: Pending Derivatives Amendments Dear Senator: We write on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of over 250 national, state and local groups who have come together to reform the financial industry. Members of our coalition include consumer, civil rights, investor, retiree, community, labor, religious
Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Re: SUPPORT MERKLEY-LEVIN, OPPOSE BROWNBACK AMENDMENT IN ANY FORM Dear Senator, On behalf of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), we urge you to support the Merkley-Levin Amendment to S. 3217, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, but we urge you to OPPOSE the Brownback Amendment in
OPPOSE SNOWE-PRYOR #3883 REGULATORY “FLEXIBILITY” ACT ADDS DELAYS AND RED TAPE, ENCOURAGES WASTEFUL LITIGATION May 19, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator: We write on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of over 250 national, state and local groups who have come together to reform the financial industry.