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Financial Crisis Tracker: Still Counting

Just how much has the financial crisis cost America? Our friends at the Center for Media and Democracy and the Progressive Ideas Network have been keeping track.  Their result is below, and will be updated as new numbers are available. To learn more about the

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Advocates Oppose Car Dealer Carve Out

The industry that has the most complaints to the Better Business Bureau should not be exempted from consumer protection Consumer Federation of America: “In the fight over Senator Brownback’s (R-KS) amendment exempting auto dealers from the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, representatives of the military

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DRV Dorgan LOS Amendment 4008 naked CDS

United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 May 14, 2010 Re: Dorgan Amendment #4008 to Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010 to Regulate Credit Default Swaps Dear Senator: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial

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DRV Cantwell LOS Amendment 3950 Illegal Contracts

United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 May 14, 2010 Re: Cantwell Amendment #3950 to Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010 to make illegal derivatives contracts unenforceable Dear Senator: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for

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CFPA Schumer Mccaskill Debt Settlement LOS

May 14, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Re: End deceptive debt settlement practices identified by the GAO and tie debt settlement fees to results – Support Schumer-McCaskill amendment # 3960 Dear Senator: Americans for Financial Reform supports the Schumer-McCaskill amendment #3960 to