When introducing his amendment, Senator Durbin highlighted how he first became aware of Visa and MasterCard's stranglehold on the credit card market when the owner of his favorite restaurant complained. It's the same story you'll hear … [Read more...]
Alliance to Develop Justice Secures Commitments from Elected Officials for Social Justice
The Real Story The headlines are familiar: The economy is fragile, Economists meeting in Denver share gloom as they consider next step, unemployment is high: one in 10 Americans is unemployed - not counting the people whose unemployment … [Read more...]
Historic Bill Signing with President Obama
As your Attorney General for the last three and a half years, I have seen how important this kind of financial reform has become for consumers. Since the onset of the economic crisis, we’ve worked at the state level to hold Wall … [Read more...]
Alliance to Develop Power meets with U.S. Senator Scott Brown to Discuss Economic Crisis
On July 8, members of Alliance to Develop Power met with Senator Scott Brown at his office in Boston. The 60 minute meeting, the first meeting of the Senator's tenure with a grassroots community organization, was largely focused on … [Read more...]
Sen. Scott Brown: Wall Street, Main Street … or State Street?
Wow, real man-of-the-people we elected here. Senate staffers tonight are hammering out the shape of the so-called Volcker rule, which would limit insured financial firms' ability to take speculative bets with their capital, or … [Read more...]
Your liberal media (again)?
You guessed it - still not liberal. In their story about President Obama's speech on financial reform this evening (5 PM), the WBZ news-reader (Diane Stern?) reported: "Republicans claim that the financial reform measure will encourage more … [Read more...]
Wall Street – from their perspective.
It is interesting to listen to the talk on Wall Street, and the way they feel put upon by government and society. They think Tim Geithner is "solid" and the good guy. They spin tax numbers to make it seem like they are going to … [Read more...]