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Women on the Verge

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Sheila Bair, Paul Volcker, Heather Booth, Brooksley Born, Maria Cantwell, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

Why is it that so many of the heroic leaders who have pushed the Obama administration to be more steadfastly progressive on financial issues just happen to be female?

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V-I-C-T-O-R-Y !!!

Heather Booth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Reform, Americans for Financial Reform, Heather Booth, Financial Reform, Politics News
Heather Booth

Nearly two years after the reckless behavior of the Big Banks took our economy to the edge of the abyss and cost 8 million Americans their jobs, Congr...

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When the public is watching, the Senate is forced to side with Main Street over Wall Street

Heather Booth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heather Booth, Americans for Financial Reform, Senate, Politics News
Heather Booth

Yesterday, after blocking three votes, Republicans relented, and allowed public debate and amendments to proceed to the full Senate on Wall Street ref...

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Showdown on Wall Street and K Street

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Goehl, JP Morgan/Chase, Heather Booth, Citigroup, Gerald Taylor, Bank Reform, Stephen Lerner, Lloyd Blanfein, Wells Fargo, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Areas Foundation, Afl-Cio, John Stumpf, Financial Services Roundtable, National Peoples Action, Barack Obama, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Americans for Financial Reform, Acorn, Morgan Stanely, Wall Street, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Center for Responsible Lending, Protest, Gordon Whitman, Pico, Pew Economic Policy Group, Seiu, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Organizers believe that the recent victory on health care reform will help propel a similar movement to take on banking giants.

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Bankers Swarm Capitol Hill Because They Love You

Heather Booth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heather Booth, Senator Dodd, Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Politics News
Heather Booth

With the bankers all over Capitol Hill advocating for these reforms, it is entirely unnecessary that anyone else do so. There is no need to find out more about the bill, or to contact your congressman.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Dodd To Push For Independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Afr, Cfpa, Financial Crisis, Chris Dodd, Americans for Financial Reform, Heather Booth, Business News

This post has been updated. Please see below. The financial regulatory reform bill that emerges from a key Senate committee will likely call for an a...

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Is the Senate Afraid of Ghosts?

Heather Booth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Americans for Financial Reform, Wall Street, Heather Booth, Big Banks, Paul Volcker, Politics News
Heather Booth

How can these bankers justify awarding themselves bonuses that rival the budgets of some small countries? It's shocking, and more than a slap in the face to those millions of unemployed Americans.

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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 05.25.2011

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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Barney Frank Says He Will Reconsider Derivatives Rules, Acknowledges 'There May Be A Problem'

boston.com | Michael Kranish | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank, under fire from some fellow Democrats and consumer groups for carving out what...

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