MEDIA ADVISORY July 13, 2010 Amy Logsdon, Iowa Citizen Action Network, alogsdon@iowacan.org Senator Grassley Must Finish the Job for Main Street Advocates Urge Senator Grassley to Bring Financial Reform Over the Finish Line and Support Wall Street Reform Des Moines, Iowa— On Tuesday at 5:00
Ronnetta Spalding, of AFR’s Indianapolis, Indiana field office, had this Op-Ed placed in the IndyStar recently. Click here to go to the IndyStar website. House-Senate conferees have agreed on a Wall Street reform bill that is a clear victory for the people and a defeat
July 12, 2010. The last time Margot and I were together pushing for Wall Street reform, it was April 21st of this year in a press conference at the U.S. Capitol with Senators Dick Durbin, Jack Reed and Michael Bennet. Back then we were fighting
Statement Margot Dorfman, CEO U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce July 12, 2010 On behalf of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce and the millions of small businesses, employees of small businesses and communities all across the United States that rely upon growth and stability of
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2010 *AUDIO OF CALL AVAILABLE HERE* Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) and the heads of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce urged the Senate to complete work on Wall Street reform that
Advocates Urge Senator Brown to Bring Financial Reform Over the Finish Line and Voice His Support for Wall Street Reform Boston, MA— On Monday, Massachusetts residents will press Senator Brown to get financial reform across the finish line and take home the gold medal for
Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, recently wrote this piece for The Huffington Post. Here, he talks about how there may soon be another bump in the road toward financial reform, as several key Republican supporters have “gone wobbly” under the influence
According to James K. Galbraith, author of The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too, the financial crisis is not yet over; we are barely beginning to recover. In a piece he recently wrote for The New Republic, he
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870 DATE: July 8, 2010 Rep. Peter King Uses False Statements and Fear To Defend Vote In Favor Of Big Banks In Mail to Constituents Rep. King Misrepresents Basic Facts to Defend Vote Washington, DC – In defense of
PRESS CONFERENCE CALL JULY 12, 10 AM ET Participants Will Outline Why Reforms Benefit Businesses On Monday, July 12 at 10 am, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) and the heads of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce