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Statement: Trump’s Latest Front to Take Down the CFPB
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2025 CONTACT: Jarice Thompson, jarice@ourfinancialsecurity.org Trump’s Latest Front to Take Down the CFPB Statement of Patrick Woodall, Managing Director of Policy at Americans for Financial Reform: As Russel Vought approaches the 210 day deadline to serve…
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Rising Property Insurance Premiums: The Uneven Risks to Household and Systemic Financial Stability
Introduction Property insurance is growing more expensive and harder to obtain throughout the U.S. Climate change and the rising costs of severe weather damage are a crucial cause, but racial and economic inequities within the property insurance market are an important part of the puzzle, and they have been too frequently overlooked. In particular, recent
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The Dispatch: Crypto Comes to Washington
“The bill is long on promises and very short on details,” Mark Hays, associate director for cryptocurrency and financial technology at Americans for Financial Reform, told TMD. “If this legislation passes without adequate safeguards for investors and with loopholes that could undermine existing financial regulations, when the next crypto crash comes—and it will come—more of…
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal: Jayapal, Warren Introduce Legislation to Curb Corporate Influence on Federal Regulation, Restore Deference to Experts
The legislation is endorsed by Coalition for Sensible Safeguards; Accountable.US / Accountable.NOW; AFL-CIO; AFT; American Atheists; American Bird Conservancy; American Economic Liberties Project; American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees; Americans for Financial Reform;
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InsuranceNewsNet: California proposes greater ‘solvency’ oversight of insurers; industry balks
“I think it will be a good step in the right direction of trying to get a handle on these climate related risks, especially in California, where there’s so many obvious problems in the market,” said Alex Martin, policy director for climate and finance at Americans for Financial Reform, in an interview with InsuranceNewsNet.
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Fact Sheet: CLARITY Act Worse than Last Year’s FIT 21 Crypto Deregulation
From Bad to WorseKey Differences Between Crypto-Backed CLARITY Act and FIT 21 Deregulation Click here for a PDF of this document. This year’s crypto market structure legislation promoted by the industry shares many of the flaws of last year’s crypto legislation, but the deregulatory elements in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (H.R.
