FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 16, 2010 AFR Demands An Up or Down Vote on Merkley-Levin Amendment Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform is tired of opposition ploys to undermine Wall Street reform. After filibustering the entire bill for days and then failing at
May 13, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Re: Reject the Vitter Loophole for Bailed-Out Shadow Banks (S.A. 4003) Dear Senator, The 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) urge
New Report Details Vast Army Of Former Federal Workers Now Lobbying For The Big Banks A new report, released today, shows that throughout the financial reform debate, the finance industry has spent an estimated $1.4 million per day to influence Congress, and has hired 70 former Members of Congress and
May 11, 2010 Re: Oppose Brown-Hagan 3807 & Brown-Gregg 3872 / Co-Sponsor Merkley-Levin Dear Senator: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) write to express our opposition to attempts to
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
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
The Honorable Chairman Dodd Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 March 22, 2010 Dear Chairman Dodd: The over 200 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) would like to
The Honorable Chairman Dodd Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 April 9, 2010 Dear Chairman Dodd, The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) are writing
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 May 3, 2010 Re: Letter of support for the Prohibition against Federal Government Bailouts of Swaps Entities Dear Senator: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR)