FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael Gehrke, 202-721-6077 DATE: December 9, 2009 AFR: Wall Street, not Main Street, Behind U.S. Chamber’s Attacks on CFPA Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce cloaks its multi-million dollar assault on the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act (CFPA)
December 9, 2009 Members U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Re: Bean #141 (Preemption), H.R. 4173 — Oppose Dear Member of Congress: Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of over 200 national, state and local consumer, labor, business, retiree, investor, community and civil rights
AFR sent the following letter to the House of Representatives today, setting the record straight on the CFPA. Download this letter as a PDF. Dear Representative: The Americans for Financial Reform coalition urges you to reject the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s duplicitous opposition to the
NPR’s Morning Edition ran this story about the exemption for auto dealers in the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). AFR opposes this exemption, and belives auto dealers should be overseen by the CFPA. (The CFPA would be created by H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870 DATE: December 8, 2009 *** ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9 *** Congressman Ellison, Small Business Owners To Voice Support For Consumer Financial Watchdog Ahead Of House Vote On Reform Package, Small Businesses Come Together To Urge Inclusion Of
AFR was mentioned in this article in The Hill. Here is an excerpt: Financial industry groups are launching a broadside against an amendment to financial overhaul legislation that would empower bankruptcy judges to alter home mortgages. The industry for years has fought against the policy,
December 8, 2009 DRAFT 2:30 p.m. Representative Mike Quigley U.S. House of Representatives 1319 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Re: NPV Transparency Amendment to H.R. 4173 Dear Representative Quigley: On behalf of the nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, employee, investor, community and civil
U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 December 8, 2009 RE: HELP MILLIONS OF FAMILIES STAY IN THEIR HOMES …AT NO COST TO TAXPAYERS! SUPPORT THE CONYERS-TURNER-LOFGREN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4173 Dear Representative: We write individually and on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, a
U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 December 8, 2009 Dear Representative, We, the nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights organizations of Americans for Financial Reform, write today to ask you to support the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
The Indianapolis Star ran this op-ed today by David Arkush and Ronetta Spalding about the need to create a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). Here is an excerpt: Who’s going to bail out Hoosiers? In September 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed in New York, sending