AFR sent the following letter to the House of Representatives today, setting the record straight on the CFPA. Download this letter as a PDF. Dear Representative: The Americans for Financial Reform coalition urges you to reject the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s duplicitous opposition to the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act (CFPA) and to support
December 8, 2009 DRAFT 2:30 p.m. Representative Mike Quigley U.S. House of Representatives 1319 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Re: NPV Transparency Amendment to H.R. 4173 Dear Representative Quigley: On behalf of the nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights organizations of Americans for Financial Reform,[1] and the undersigned
U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 December 8, 2009 RE: HELP MILLIONS OF FAMILIES STAY IN THEIR HOMES …AT NO COST TO TAXPAYERS! SUPPORT THE CONYERS-TURNER-LOFGREN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4173 Dear Representative: We write individually and on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, labor,
U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 December 8, 2009 Dear Representative, We, the nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights organizations of Americans for Financial Reform, write today to ask you to support the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009, Title IV of H.R. 4173, and to
The Indianapolis Star ran this op-ed today by David Arkush and Ronetta Spalding about the need to create a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). Here is an excerpt: Who’s going to bail out Hoosiers? In September 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed in New York, sending shock waves throughout the country, including Indiana. More than a
December 7, 2009 Dear member of Congress: On behalf of XX, I urge you to reject the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s duplicitous opposition to the proposed Consumer Fairness Protection Agency Act (CFPA) and to support this essential reform when it comes before the House this week. The Chamber’s opposition is not about small business, irrespective