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AFR: Avoid CFPA Carve Outs

May 6, 2010 The Honorable Harry Reid The Capitol, S-221 Washington, DC 20050 Dear Senator Reid: As members of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 consumer, labor, investor, community, civil rights and business groups, we write to you today to ask

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA)

Congress is considering creating a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) whose sole mission would be to protect consumers from dangerous financial products and practices.  (The CFPB has also been referred to as the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA).) Why do we need a CFPA? What would it