Recently, a financial industry lobbyist said because Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) is retiring, he is now free to “dance with the special interests that brought him to the dance in the first place. Us, his loyal donors in the banking community.”
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More than 45,000 Tell Sen. Dodd: Stand Up to Wall Street!
Posted in Activism, Congress, Consumer Protection, Financial Regulation, tagged Activism, bailout, banking, cfpa, Congress, Dodd, economy, financial reform, lobbyists, petition, video on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the lobbyists? Or for us?
Posted in Activism, Financial Regulation, tagged banking, Dodd, economy, financial reform, lobbyists, money in politics on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last year, Wall Street spent $29.8 million on lobbying to undermine financial reform — a jump in spending of 12 percent, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Next week, Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is expected to introduce legislation that is the result of months of bipartisan negotiation.
But will it be the real reform the [...]
Dodd voices support for constitutional amendment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Congress, Ethics, Financial Regulation, tagged Campaign Finance, Citizens United, Congress, constitutional amendment, corporate power, Dodd, Don't Get Rolled, economy, financial reform, government reform, money in politics, Supreme Court, wall street on January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As you may already know, we’ve been working to make sure Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) stands up for the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency and serious financial reform. There have been rumors he might cave in to the corporate special interests on that – but his in his statement on Citizens United v. FEC, it [...]
Take this waltz …
Posted in Activism, Congress, Financial Regulation, tagged Activism, banking, Congress, economy, financial reform, lobbyists, wall street on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, a financial industry lobbyist said because Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) is retiring, he is now free to “dance with the special interests that brought him to the dance in the first place. Us, his loyal donors in the banking community” (from Politico).
In fact, Dodd is now free to do the right thing and hold [...]
Financial reform moving forward
Posted in Activism, Congress, Financial Regulation, tagged Activism, Congress, corporate power, economy, financial reform, wall street on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last month, Public Citizen activists rallied in New York City, Austin and more than a dozen locales across the nation following the financial reform victory in the U.S. House. We joined our Americans for Financial Reform coalition partners in demanding Wall Street and big bank executives use their $150 billion compensation and bonus pool to [...]
Taxing speculators — an idea whose time has come
Posted in Financial Regulation, tagged economy, financial reform, speculator, wall street on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
How can the federal government generate a lot of money for such things as health care and jobs, while not harming the middle class or the poor?
Through a speculation tax, that’s how. It’s a tax on trades of stocks, derivatives and other financial instruments – the things the wealthiest Americans trade the most. Just a [...]
Mortal battle with Wall Street
Posted in Activism, Campaign Finance, Congress, Consumer Protection, Financial Regulation, tagged Activism, Campaign Finance, Congress, Consumer Protection, corporate power, credit cards, economy, financial reform, money in politics, wall street on December 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This week the stakes are high. As the House prepares to vote on the financial reform we’ve been fighting for all year, Wall Street and the big banks are making every attempt to kill it.
We urgently need calls and emails to reps in the House with the message: Vote YES on the Wall Street [...]
Standing up to Wall Street in Indianapolis
Posted in Activism, Congress, Financial Regulation, tagged Activism, Congress, economy, financial reform, indianapolis, money in politics on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Activists in Indianapolis, Indiana rallied in front of Chase Bank today to call for financial reform that puts people before Wall Street profits. After the event, they took their message to the nearby local office of Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) (who, according to our new report, has received $345,420 in donations from the financial industry [...]
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