Elizabeth Warren and Attorney General Lisa Madigan Speak Out Against Preemption Deal With rumors that the Senate might cut a deal over the weekend on preemption, two of the most vocal supporters of strong financial reform, Elizabeth Warren and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, issued
AFR: Defeat Of Brown Kaufman Amendment Is A Win For The Banks Overall Bill Remains Strong But Big Banks Are Working Day And Night To Weaken It After the first full week of debate on Financial Reform the bill remains strong but the Big Banks
**Audio of Call Available Here** Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform and our 250 coalition partners applaud the Senate for rejecting – on a bipartisan basis – the sham that was Sen. Shelby’s “consumer” amendment to the Wall Street accountability currently being debated in the
This information is courtesy of the Center for Responsible Lending. Issue: The Senate financial reform bill, S. 3217 – section 1044, gives the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency far too much power to override (“preempt”) state consumer protection laws. To avoid another financial
VOTE NO ON THE SHELBY CFPA SUBSTITUTE NO INDEPENDENCE, NO FUNDING FOR ENFORCEMENT, NO ENFORCEMENT OVER ANY BANKS NO AUTHORITY TO PROTECT FAMILIES Dear Senator, We write on behalf of the over 250 member organizations of Americans for Financial Reform to urge a No Vote
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2010 Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), including nation’s leading consumer groups, opposes the Shelby substitute (amendment #3826) to replace Title X of S. 3217, RAFSA, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with a weak alternative VOTE NO, NO INDEPENDENCE, NO FUNDING
Read FAQs about the SAFE Banking Act here – see page 3 (pdf). Our financial system has become dominated by institutions that are “too big to fail.” Moreover, as FDIC Chairman Bill Isaac has said, they are “too big to manage, and too big to
COMMODITY MARKETS OVERSIGHT COALITION An Alliance of Derivatives End-Users & Reform Advocates May 4, 2010 The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader, U.S. Senate 522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader, U.S. Senate 361A Russell Senate Office Building Washington,
Preemption-Analysis of Senate provision