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Wall Street: the Real Roadblock to Economic Recovery

Anna Burger | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Anna Burger, Wall Street, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Financial Reform, Banks, Executive Compensation, Seiu, Business News
Anna Burger

When I think about what still needs to be done to build a true economic recovery, I think about workers such as Maria Guerra.

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News Flash: Lenders Prefer Fragmented Regulation of the Consumer Financial Marketplace

Norman I. Silber | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Consumer Financial Protection, Cfpa, Regulation, Chamber of Commerce, House Financial Services Committee, American Bankers Association, Business News
Norman I. Silber

Regulators appear to have placed a higher value on protecting the interests of those who sell financial products than on the interests of consumers of transparent, safe, and fair financial products.

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Ryan Grim

GOP Tried To Block Elizabeth Warren From Heading Agency She Proposed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Scott Garrett, Cfpa, Barney Frank, Elizabeth Warren GOP, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Elizabeth Warren CFPA, Barney Frank Elizabeth Warren, Politics News

The person leading a regulatory agency is often more important than the structure and the scope of its powers. Think of Alberto Gonzales or Elliot Spi...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Ed Yingling: Banking Industry's Top Defender Got It Wrong Over and Over Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Aba, Financial Reform, Lobbyists, Cfpa, Credit Cards, Heather Booth, Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Edward L. Yingling, Ed-Yingling, Overdraft Fees, Financial Crisis, Banks, Bank Lobbying, Edward Yingling, Ed Yingling, Financial Regulation, American Bankers Association, Business News

As the American Bankers Association gathers for its annual convention in Chicago amid hundreds of protesters, and sets off to kill or at least defang ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Administration Praises Consumer Protection Bill, Deflects Criticism Of Loopholes

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Cfpa, Treasury Department, Financial Crisis, Consumer Protection Agency, Timothy Geithner, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, President Obama, Michael Barr, Business News

The Obama administration on Friday strongly praised a House committee's vote to create a new federal consumer financial protection agency, despite the...

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Car Dealers Exempt From New Consumer Protection Agency

Steve Parker | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Walt Minnick, White House, National Automobile Dealers Association, North Dakota, Congress, California, Mike Castle, John Campbell, President Obama, Cfpa, Cars, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Mississippi, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Delaware, Travis Childers, House Financial Services Committee, Business News
Steve Parker

The House Financial Services Committee approved a key amendment Thursday, 47-21, to keep automobile dealers exempt them from a new government consumer protection agency.

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Ryan Grim and Jason Linkins

Outspoken As Ever, Elizabeth Warren Is Working Closely With Congress On Reform Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim and Jason Linkins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elizabeth Warren CFPA, Elizabeth Warren, Cfpa, Elizabeth Warren Congress, Warren Financial Reform, Politics News

Jason Linkins contributed to this story. As Members of Congress debate the most sweeping reform of the financial industry in decades, some are workin...

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Jeff Muskus

Consumer Financial Protection Act Passed By House Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regulatory Reform, Consumer Financial Protection Act, Cfpa, Barney Frank, House Financial Services Committee, Video, Politics News

The proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency took another step forward Thursday in the House, moving out of the Financial Services Committee -- a...

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Frank Allowing Weakening Amendments to Financial Reform to Pass Without Roll Call Votes

Mike Elk | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Barack Obama, Cfpa, Barney Frank, Politics News
Mike Elk

Because exempting so many banks from regulation is highly unpopular, members of Congress don't want voters to know that they voted for such ridiculous measures.

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Ryan Grim

Bean Amendment Beaten Back (For Now), A Blow To Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Melissa Bean, Federal Preemption, Brad Miller, Financial Regulation, Politics News

In a major defeat for Wall Street banks, Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) has decided to withdraw an amendment that divided Democrats as they seek to impose...

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Wall Street's Favorite Democrat Misrepresents Financial Watchdog Elizabeth Warren

Mike Elk | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Cfpa, Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street, Melissa Bean, Lisa Madigan, Financial Regulation, Barney Frank, Business News
Mike Elk

Democratic Congresswoman Melissa Bean is earning the title of Wall Street's favorite Democrat. The leader in the New Democrat Coalition has pocketed almost $2.2 million from the banking and financial services interests.

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Invite Regular Folks to the White House

Trey Ellis | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Consumer Protection, Barack Obama, Cfpa, Obama CFPA, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Politics News
Trey Ellis

To re-energize the angry many that elected him, Obama needs to publicly bar representatives of the powerful few from the White House until they agree, concretely, to better serve the angry many.

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Lobbyists Target House Financial Services Committee Today

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Service Committee, CFPA Lobbyists, Lobbying CFPA, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Lobbyblog, Banking Industry, Financial Regulation, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

Lobbyists are honing in today on the House Financial Services Committee, which will begin marking up legislation on the controversial Consumer Financi...

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Stopping Banks From Fleecing, Looting, Scamming, Robbing, Swindling, Tricking, Cheating, Conning, and Generally Ripping Us Off

Dave Johnson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Financial Reform, Business News
Dave Johnson

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

States Should Be Allowed To Protect Consumers From Big Banks, Obama Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Financial Crisis, Preemption, Barack Obama, Martha Coakley, Business News

President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment Friday to allowing states to adopt stronger consumer protection measures than the federal government ...

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Shahien Nasiripour and Jeff Muskus

Top Republican Calls Proposed Consumer Protection Agency "Fundamentally Flawed"

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour and Jeff Muskus | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Barney Frank, Cfpa, Financial Crisis, Spencer Bachus, Financial Regulation, Business News

In a move sure to delight bankers, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday called the Obama administration's plan fo...

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Will Obama Fight For The Consumer Financial Protection Agency?

Washington Post | Simon Johnson and James Kwak | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barney Frank Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Cfpa, Financial System, Financial Regulation, House Financial Services Committee, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Financial Meltdown, Geithner Cfpa, Barney Frank Regulatory Reform, Recession. Regulatory Reform Bill, Politics News

The next couple of months will be crucial in determining the shape of the financial system for decades to come. And so far, the signs are not encourag...

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Ryan Grim

Greenspan Backs Key Obama Wall Street Reform Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cfpa, Greenspan CFPA, Obama Greenspan, Consumer Financial Protection, Greenspan Consumer Financial Protection, Obama, Politics News

A keystone of Obama's Wall Street reform agenda is getting support from the unlikeliest of corners. Alan Greenspan, an acolyte of Ayn Rand and extreme...

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Banks Aim To Kill Consumer Protection Agency -- With GOP Help

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cfpa, Chamber of Commerce Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Banks, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Banks Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

If you doubt that U.S. banks long to return to the days of impotent regulation, you need only look at one of the financial sector's top legislative pr...

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Barney Frank On Consumer Agency Plan: Scale It Back

Yahoo! News | Kevin Drawbaugh | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Barney Frank, Consumer Agency, Barack Obama, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Congress' chief author of financial regulatory reform moved on Tuesday to kill the most controversial part of an Obama adm...

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Ryan Grim

Frank Bites Back, Demands Retraction Of Blue Dog Comments In Politico

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Retraction, Walt Minnick, Council, Barney Frank, Recession, Larry Summers, Reform, Regulation, Community Banks, Blue Dog Coalition, Wall Street, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Financial Services Committee, Politico, Blue Dogs, Banks, Economy, Politics News

Backers of President Obama's cornerstone financial regulatory reform proposal pushed back Monday against the Blue Dog Coalition, which is promoting a ...

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Obama's Financial Reform Speech Fizzles

Marshall Auerback | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Financial Speech, Obama Speech, Elizabeth Warren, Sheila Bair, Cfpa, Fcic, Business News
Marshall Auerback

For all of the lofty talk about establishing "the most ambitious overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression," Obama's reforms amount to nothing more than a reshuffling of the deckchairs on the Titanic.

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Consumer Protection Should Work for Consumers

Tom Donohue | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Cfpa, Consumer Protection, Tom Donohue, Banking Crisis, Chamber of Commerce, Business News
Tom Donohue

Creating the Consumer Financial Protection Agency to deal with consumer finance issues makes about as much sense as dictating the sizes, flavors, and temperature of coffee because a few consumers spilled their beverages and were burned.

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Real Change: Turning Up the Heat on Non-Bank Lenders

Elizabeth Warren | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Lending Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Regulation, Banks, Subprime Mortgages, Non-Bank Lenders, Lending, Elizabeth Warren, Cfpa, Business News
Elizabeth Warren

The big banks are storming Washington, determined to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. But there is an even bigger change in the wind: regulating the non-banks.

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