For Immediate Release June 18, 2010 AFR Works Across the Country to Show Support for Wall Street Reform To show the continued momentum on Main Street for financial reform, on Tuesday, June 22, community leaders in 25 cities will deliver petitions from 100,000 angry constituents
[Springfield, MO] – As the conference committee proceeds in the final stages of writing the financial regulatory reform bill, a group of consumers in Southwest Missouri delivered a pair of cardboard scissors to Congressman Roy Blunt’s office, asking him to cut the ties to corporate
June 18, 2010 To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee Washington, DC 20510 Re: Opposition of the Fed to regulate Securities, Futures and Derivatives Clearinghouses Dear Conferee: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and
June 18, 2010 To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee Washington, DC 20510 Re: Derivatives Trading will not go overseas Dear Conferee: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are
For Immediate Release June 17, 2010 **CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO OF THE CALL** Washington, DC – Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Carl Levin (D-MI) joined with experts from Americans for Financial Reform to call for banks to get back to the basic commercial banking business
Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Carl Levin (D-MI) join with experts from Americans for Financial Reform to call for banks to get back to the basic commercial banking business of making loans to consumers and businesses instead of the ‘proprietary trading’ they do on their
To: Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee Re: Support House Offer on Title II – Resolution Authority to Improve Regulatory Capacity to Prevent the Next Financial Crisis The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and
Americans for Financial Reform and Chris Bowers of Open Left and Joan McCarter of Daily Kos host Blog conference call Friday, June 18, 2010 at 12 noon EDT (Call in: (951) 262-4343, Access code: 778106) Experts and Activists Answer Questions on Final Fights in Last Week of
Today, Heather Booth, Director of Americans for Financial Reform, stated, “Section 716 of the Senate derivatives title remains one of the most critical, structural reforms left standing in the Wall Street Reform bill. Wall Street lobbyists have thrown everything they have at it because they
To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee Washington, DC 20510 Re: Support House Offer on Title I – Systemic Risk to Improve Regulatory Capacity to Prevent the Next Financial Crisis June 17, 2010 Dear Member, The over