FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 5, 2010 AFR: Dodd Makes Right Call To Move Forward Dodd’s Leadership Means Accountability for Wall St is Within Reach Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement regarding Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd’s decision to move forward on financial reform. Heather Booth, Executive Director, Americans for
Business for Shared Prosperity, an AFR affiliate, has been getting attention with their message of support for financial reform. The coalition, made up of business owners from around the country, recently put out this press release (PDF) asking the Senate to approve the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Their message has been picked up by the
Re: Support of the Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee January 25, 2010 Dear President Obama, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to thank you for your leadership on financial services reform and applaud your proposal for a Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee to recoup TARP bailout funds. Your tax on the covered liabilities of financial institutions with
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 3, 2010 Americans for Financial Reform, the Commodities Markets Oversight Coalition Band Together to Put Cops Back on the Futures and Derivatives Beat, Close Loopholes That Fostered Financial Meltdown Washington, DC – Business interests ranging from fuel dealers to farmers, manufacturers and trucking companies joined U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Thank you so much for joining Americans for Financial Reform. As we work to clean up the mess that Wall Street made, we need your voice to help make sure that the job of rewriting the regulatory rulebook is not left to the financial predators and inside players who brought about this economic crisis. You
This article posted on Financial Advisor Magazine’s website shows another side of the argument for a Financial Transaction Tax. Here are a few of the notable statements from the article, including the leading paragraph: Opponents of one proposed Wall Street reform, a financial transaction tax, have been quick to point out it will make owning