CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 Members of Congress Urge Justice Department and State Attorneys General to Protect Victims of Improper Foreclosures Members request assistance in shielding American consumers from mortgage servicers engaged in fraud around foreclosure crisis FOR IMMEDIATE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2010 CONTACT: John Carey 202-466-1854 John@ourfinancialsecurity.org AFR Statement on Secretary Geithner’s Decision to Exempt Foreign Exchange Swaps from Regulation and Oversight Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together
Read the letter here. April 25, 2011 Ms. Elizabeth Murphy Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549-1090 Re: RIN 3235-AL02: “Proposed Amendments to Remove References to Credit Ratings in Rule 2a-7 Under The Investment Company Act of 1940” Dear
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Read pdf here. April 25, 2011 Ms. Elizabeth Murphy Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549-1090 Re: RIN 3235-AL02: “Proposed Amendments to Remove References to Credit Ratings in Rule 2a-7 Under The Investment Company Act of 1940” Dear Ms.
http://www.campaignmoney.org/press-room/2011/04/21/spencer-bachus-1st-quarter-funds Washington, D.C.—Ninety-seven percent of Rep. Spencer Bachus’ (R-Ala.) first quarter fundraising came from donations outside of Alabama, according to Public Campaign Action Fund analysis of data provided by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). Bachus, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told the Birmingham
Read pdf here. April 21, 2011 The Honorable Michael Punke Ambassador Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and Permanent Representative to the WTO Permanent Mission of the United States of America 11 Route de Pregny 1292 Geneva Dear Ambassador Punke: Even as outcomes of intensified efforts
Financial speculation on commodities like oil and food is driving up consumer prices from the gas pump to the grocery store. To bring it under control, we need workable position limits. But the verdict is in – the CFTC’s proposal needs to be strengthened to do the job.
The bank-funded study on the supposed economic costs of the state AGs proposed settlement with mortgage servicers is a patchwork of unsupported assumptions all designed to lead to one conclusion – that the big servicers who funded the study ought to get a free ride.
View Our PDF Version Here April 12th, 2011 Elizabeth M. Murphy Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F St., NE Washington, DC 20549 Mr. David A. Stawick Secretary Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street, N.W. Washington DC 20581 RE: