FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2010 CONTACT: John Carey 202-466-1854 John@ourfinancialsecurity.org *** Conference Call Briefing *** WASHINGTON, DC – Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) will host a conference call with reporters and bloggers on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:30 AM EST *** to discuss the impact of derivatives market reforms in the Dodd-Frank Act.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2011 CONTACT: John Carey 202-466-1854 john@ourfinancialsecurity.org Consumers Demand a Strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Efforts to Handcuff the CFPB in House Subcommittee are Wrong Washington, DC – Today, a House Financial Services subcommittee is considering two pieces of legislation that would weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and are
http://www.campaignmoney.org/press-room/2011/04/21/spencer-bachus-1st-quarter-funds Washington, D.C.—Ninety-seven percent of Rep. Spencer Bachus’ (R-Ala.) first quarter fundraising came from donations outside of Alabama, according to Public Campaign Action Fund analysis of data provided by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). Bachus, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told the Birmingham News last December that his job was to “serve the
United States Congressman Elijah E. Cummings Ranking Member, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform http://democrats.oversight.house.gov/ 2471 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-4741 FAX (202) 225-3178 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: February 25, 2011 Paul Kincaid, 202-225-4289 Cummings Launches Major Investigation of Mortgage Servicer Abuses Ranking Member continues aggressive pursuit of foreclosure fraud (Washington,
Six months after Wall Street reform legislation creating the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was signed, a leading coalition released Halfway to the CFPB: An AFR Progress Report on “Standing Up” the New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Today marks the halfway point in the year between the enactment and startup of the new CFPB, the
Full implementation of the Dodd/Frank financial reform bill will create a dramatically fairer mortgage market Washington, DC – Until now it has been standard practice for many brokers and lenders to get kickbacks for putting borrowers in more expensive loans; the rules of the game have been rigged against the public. The new policy on