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John Talbott writing in Huffington Post points out that Tim Geithner "sees the appointment of Elizabeth Warren as a threat to the very scheme he has utilized to date to hide bank losses, thus keeping the banks solvent and out of bankruptcy court and their existing management teams employed and well-paid."
In a hard hitting article [...]

Nearly two years after major banks brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse and triggered a steep economic decline, Congress passed its Wall Street reform package today, 60-39. The president will sign it into law next week.
Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “Passage of this legislation is a victory [...]

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement following the vote this evening in the Senate on Financial Reform:
Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “We are pleased the Senate has passed this momentous bill that will rein in big banks’ reckless behavior and bring transparency to our financial system and protect [...]

UPDATE: Many thanks to the mothers who have supported financial reform and the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. With the Senate passage of the bill, we are over the top of the mountain. Your help in pushing the bill along is appreciated.
“Mother is the bank where we deposit all our hurts and [...]

Banks or families?
While American families have made clear that they overwhelmingly support the reforms that a new consumer financial protection agency will produce — like clear, understandable terms and conditions for consumer credit products and accountability for the big banks — the lobbyists have made equally clear their plan to kill the agency.
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The Senate Banking Committee voted on Monday to send to the full Senate a Democratic bill to overhaul the nation’s financial system, deferring, for now, an anticipated partisan fight over the legislation.
Although the vote was along party lines, with all 13 Democrats voting yes and all 10 Republicans voting no, senators said the decision [...]