Students and Young Adults Hit Hard by Financial Crisis New Brief Shows Young Americans Need Wall Street Reform WASHNGTON, May 13 – Young Americans face “lasting damage” from the dual crises in the financial sector and in personal finance, making it urgent that Congress pass
The Senate must hold Wall Street accountable by passing the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB), an essential part of the reform package. Its purpose is to protect Americans from unfair, deceptive, and abusive financial products. As part of that mission, the bill provides the
May 13, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 HOLD CORPORATE BOARDS AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABLE: OPPOSE AMENDMENTS TO STRIKE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROVISIONS Dear Senator: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR)
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 May 7, 2010 Re: Oppose Chambliss Amendment #3816 to Senate bill 3217 which attempts to weaken proposed derivatives regulations Dear Senator: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial
May 11, 2010 United States Senate Washington, DC 20500 Re: Support SA 3772 to create Financial Consumers’ Association Dear Senator: We write on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of more than 250 national, state and local groups who have come together
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 12 May 2010 OPPOSE CARPER #3949 GIVING NATIONAL BANKS IMMUNITY FROM COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS Don’t Take States and AGs Off The Predatory Lending Beat Dear Senator: We write on behalf of Americans for Financial
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 RE: Support for Whitehouse Interstate Lending amendment to S. 3217 Dear Senator: The consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) write to express strong support for the Whitehouse Interstate
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator, We write on behalf of the over 250 member organizations of Americans for Financial Reform to urge a yes vote on the Reed-Johnson-Brown amendment offered to Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S. 3217). As you
The following charts and documents were created to compare and contrast House and Senate bills in the Conference period. Click here for the US PIRG scorecard. Top 10 Things About Financial Reform (fact sheet) AFR Conference Priorities (as of May 27) CFPA Comparison Chart (doc)
New Report Details Vast Army Of Former Federal Workers Now Lobbying For The Big Banks A new report, released today, shows that throughout the financial reform debate, the finance industry has spent an estimated $1.4 million per day to influence Congress, and has hired 70 former Members of Congress and