Senators could be voting today on proposals to gut the CFPB and to repeal ALL of the progress we made on financial reform. In a last minute development, opponents of financial reform are pushing for votes TODAY on amendments to gut the new Consumer Financial
The New Yorker The Financial Page by James Surowiecki June 13, 2011 “Elizabeth Warren may well be the most popular person in Washington. When she was head of the Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP, her willingness to go after Wall Street, the Treasury Department,
By: Janis Bowdler, Director, Wealth-Building Policy Project, NCLR Channel: Economics, Social Univision News Tumblr “Being a consumer of financial products isn’t easy these days. Fine print, changing technology, and “gotcha” fees are enough to make you put your money back under the mattress, but that
Read our letter to Senators urging them to oppose the Moran amendment (#391) to gut the CFPB and oppose DeMint the amendment (#394) to repeal all of Dodd-Frank to Economic Development Revitalization Act, S. 782.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2011 CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854 john@ourfinancialsecurity.org AFR Statement on Markup of FY 2012 Agriculture Budget Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together for strong Wall Street reform,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2011 CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854 john@ourfinancialsecurity.org AFR Statement on Mark-up in House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together for strong Wall Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 24, 2011 CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854 john@ourfinancialsecurity.org AFR Statement on Mark-up of H.R. 1573 Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together for strong Wall Street reform, issued the
Causing a furor before it exists James Lardner (Remapping Debate) May 12, 2011 “With the passage of last year’s Dodd-Frank reform law, the 111th Congress called for the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Now, two months before its scheduled launch date, the ascendant
AFR Executive Director, Lisa Donner was interviewed by the BBC – click here to watch the story. 12 May 2011 Last updated at 06:24 ET Time to get tougher on the big banks, that is what Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke is expected to say
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2010 CONTACT: John Carey 202-466-1854 John@ourfinancialsecurity.org *** Conference Call Briefing *** WASHINGTON, DC – Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) will host a conference call with reporters and bloggers on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:30 AM EST *** to discuss