USA Today: Some small businesses still struggle to get financing
By Laura Petrecca, USA TODAY The big squeeze on small-business financing continues, despite the overall loosening of U.S. Small Business Administration-backed loans in recent months, two new studies show.Nearly four in 10 small-business owners polled in the past few weeks said they are not able
SEIU: U.S. Chamber, Big Banks Continue Attack on America’s Economic Recovery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Published July 21, 2009 5:06 PM Marcus Mrowka, 202-730-7759, marcus.mrowka@seiu.org Congress Must Not Buckle to Corporate Interests on Financial Reform WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the Service Employees International Union released a statement from Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger following reports that Congress is delaying action
Ed Mierzwinski: 10 Reasons Not to Trust the Fed to Protect Consumers
In testimony last week by Fed Governor Elizabeth Duke (a former American Bankers Association official) and yesterday by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve has argued that it deserves to keep authority over consumer protection. CONTINUE AT http://static.uspirg.org/consumer/archives/2009/07/ten_reasons_not.html
SEIU publishes report saying small business agency lending my major banks significantly dried up
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Elizabeth Warren, Chair of Congressional Oversight Panel Overseeing Bank Bailout & Harvard Law Professor
Listen to Professor Warren explain clearly and compellingly why the financial system is broken and how a Consumer Financial Protection Agency is one critical element of true comprehensive financial reform Click here to See Professor Warren explain the need for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
The Testimony of Lauren Saunders before the House Financial Services Committee regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA)
Download this testimony as a PDF. Introduction: This testimony describes why we recommend that consumer protection for financial products and services be consolidated within a new federal Consumer Financial Protection Agency. A review of the history of consumer protection by the Federal Reserve and the