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Public Interest Groups Oppose HR 797

AFR signed onto a letter to members of Congress opposing HR 797. This legislation would weaken accountability for financial advice to municipalities, harms communities, and is unnecessary given the exemptions that already exist in the law and the authority of the SEC to address any outstanding issues.

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AFR Opposes HR 1256

AFR sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose HR 1256. This legislation would seriously undermine the CFTC’s efforts to properly regulate extraterritorial derivatives transactions that affect our economy and carry risk for U.S. taxpayers.

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AFR Opposes HR 1003

AFR sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose HR 1003. This legislation would have a major negative impact on the CFTC’s capacity to implement laws passed by Congress to safeguard our financial system.

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Wallace Turbeville Testimony Before House Agriculture Committee Opposes Harmful Deregulation Bills

Wallace Turbeville, Senior Fellow at Demos and member of AFR, testified before the House Agriculture Committee voicing AFR’s opposition to legislation that would significantly alter the Dodd-Frank Act in ways that effectively deregulate the financial sector and work against the goals of a safer, more stable, and more fair and efficient financial system.

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AFR Urges Full Funding for the CFTC

AFR sent a letter to member of Congress urging them to support full funding for the CFTC. Funding the CFTC is vitally important to enabling it to do its job: protecting the US and global economy through effective oversight of some of the most critical and central areas of our financial markets.