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AFR Response to Industry Arguments Against Financial Reform
The Chamber of Commerce is descending upon Capitol Hill today, intending to kill financial reform. Read AFR’s letter urging the Senate to reject the Chamber’s false rhetoric Read about how the Chamber represents CEO special interests, not Main Street Small Businesses AFR offers the following
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AFR to Congress: Reject the Chamber’s False Rhetoric
The Chamber of Commerce is descending upon Capitol Hill today, January 20, intending to kill financial reform. Read about how the Chamber represents CEO special interests, not Main Street Small Businesses Read our responses to industry arguments against financial reform Below, read our letter to
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Why We Need a Consumer Watchdog: The Video
The Center for Responsible Lending shows why a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) is “priceless” in this video.
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Why the CFPA Will Benefit You
Read our fact sheets about how the CFPA will benefit African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Children and Families, Latinos (available in English and Spanish), Rural Americans, Seniors, Women, and Young Americans. African Americans (PDF) Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (PDF) Children and Families
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US Women’s Chamber of Commerce: CFPA Would Help Businesses
The Washington Business Journal ran this article today quoting Margot Dorfman, CEO of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, on her support for the CFPA. If you are a business person or investor who supports the CFPA, click here to sign our petition. Here’s an
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Business Owners: Sign our Petition in Support of the CFPA!
AFR is partnering with Business for Shared Prosperity in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). Our elected officials need to know that the Chamber of Commerce’s anti-reform message is not representative of our views! Current and retired business people and investors, please show
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LA Times: Consumer Agency Could Protect Future Home Buyers and Mortgage Borrowers
The LA Times ran this article about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Here’s an excerpt: [W]hen the House passed the massive Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Dec. 11, Congress took the first step toward creating a national watchdog for home buyers and
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The Boston Globe: Elizabeth Warren is Bostonian of the Year
The Boston Globe named Elizabeth Warren Bostonian of the Year because of her many achievements as a consumer activist. They say: It seemed as if the banks and other firms got a $700 billion bonanza and the American taxpayer got the shaft. But along came
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Detroit News Editorial: America Needs Consumer Financial Agency
The Detroit News published this insightful editorial by professor John A.E. Pottow. He tries to uncover the Chamber of Commerce’s opposition to the CFPA, and discovers: “This group fears that meaningful government oversight will make it impossible to sandbag consumers who can’t really compare price