MEDIA ADVISORY June 30, 2010 PLEASE CONTACT: Amy Logsdon, Iowa Citizen Action Network, 319-321-7056 Media Conference Call, Wednesday, June 30, 11:00 am CST Iowa Residents and Activists Call on Senator Charles Grassley to Vote for Wall Street Reform Iowa – Senator Charles Grassley remains uncommitted as Congress is poised to choose sides between Main Street
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Americans for Financial Reform unveiled new numbers showing strong momentum behind finishing Wall Street reform now and members who support loopholes for big banks do not have the high ground. Listen here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2010 Americans Send Message to Members of Congress: Main Street has its Eye on Wall Street Reform As the Chamber of Commerce fronts for big banks and pretends to represent Main Street, community leaders, who see the daily impact of this financial crisis, will head to members of Congress’ office
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 own account. As Congress heads into the final stages of
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 Financial Regulatory Reform There are critically important policy decisions still