Consumer Finance Protection Agency

Ben Hallman

With Obama Appointment, Jeopardy Champ Takes On Payday Lenders

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Richard Cordray, Dodd-Frank, Payday Lenders, Bank Reform, Richard Cordray Recess Appointment, President Barack Obama, Financial Reform, Recess Appointment, Banks, Financial Crisis, Consumer Finance Protection Agency, Barack Obama, Financial Regulation, Business News

The new government agency tasked with looking after the best financial interests of ordinary consumers finally has a leader. President Barack Obam...

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Wall Street, Repent!

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Meltdown, Executive Compensation, Financial Institutions, 1 Timothy, Financial Regulation, FInancial Markets, Consumer Protection, Jim Wallis Huffington Post, Jim Wallis, Wall Street Accountability, Wall Street Reform, Financial Reform, Wall Street Regulation, Consumer Finance Protection Agency, Great Recession, Wall Street Transparency, Religion News
Jim Wallis

The principles of clarity, transparency, accountability, and protecting the common good against private greed are not just economic policy matters. On a more transcendent level, they provide the metrics of real repentance.

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Goldman = WorldCom = 80+ Senate Votes

Mark Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Worldcom, Financial Regulatory Reform, Goldman Sachs, Senator Brown, Senator McConnell, President Obama, P, Wall Street, Enron, Consumer Protection Agency, Consumer Finance Protection Agency, Public Citien, President Bush, President Carter, Senator Dodd, Politics News
Mark Green

As Obama today returns to Cooper Union to reprise his arguments for financial regulatory reform, we know this: whatever the ultimate legal merits of the SEC's case against Goldman Sachs, the political impact now will be a game changer.

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Arthur Delaney

Dodd Unveils Financial Regulatory Reform Bill With 'Consumer Financial Protection Bureau'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, Wall Street Reform, Cfpa, Consumer Finance Protection Agency, Chris Dodd, Dodd, The Financial Fix, Politics News

With reporting by Ryan Grim Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Monday unveiled a sweeping financial regulatory reform bill designed to prevent future Wall ...

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Senate Banking Committee Slaps 'Giant Wall Street Banks,' Argues That Reform Helps Community Banks

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, The Financial Fix, Consumer Finance Protection Agency, Community Banks, Cfpa, Wall Street Reform, Dodd Bill, Business News

The Obama administration and its congressional allies seem to be getting more aggressive in the push to pass financial regulatory reform. Last Wednesd...

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Let's Call It "Pocketbook Populism"

Mark Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reich, Krugman, Populism, Pocketbook Populism, Borosage, Economy, Sarah Palin, Too Big to Fail, Consumer Czar, Consumer Finance Protection Agency, Jobs, Obama, Citizens United, Bill ClintonJames K. Galbraith, Ralph Nader, Kuttner, Politics News
Mark Green

Time to take back "populism" from Teabaggers and Palinites who've kidnapped it to only mean less government and taxes. Democrats need to define a phrase and philosophy that tells Independents we're on your side.

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