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Whip the Senate on Carper's Let-Banks-Violate-the-Law Amendment!

Zephyr Teachout, Zach Carter, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Sen. Tom Carper is trying to sneak a covert piece of brutal deregulation into the Wall Street reform bill. Don't let him get away with it!

Congress Goes to Bat For Wall Street, Rejects Plan To Break up Banks

Zach Carter, AlterNet. May 7, 2010.

Last night, Congress shot down the most important Wall Street reform.

Dems Break GOP's Attempted Filibuster in the Senate, But Proposed Wall Street Reforms Are Pretty Flimsy

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 29, 2010.

The good news: Democrats didn't sacrifice much to break the GOP filibuster. The bad news: the Wall Street reform bill is still too weak.

Five Ways the Wall St. Reform Bill Needs to Be Fixed

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 22, 2010.

The Wall Street reform bill in Congress won't live up to President Obama's goals -- unless we can push them to change it.

Speculating Banks Still Rule -- Ten Ways Dems and Dodd Are Failing on Financial Reform

deleted, AlterNet. April 14, 2010.

None of this is reform. We are better off with nada than vapid promises and a false sense of security.

Despite Some PR Spin, the Top U.S. Bank Cop Is Still Pushing the Same Anti-Consumer Agenda

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 6, 2010.

Instead of strengthening the framework that lead the economy to the brink of collapse, the top U.S. bank regulator wants to sabotage it further.

Obama's US Top Cop for Banks Wants Less Regulation, Echoes Republican Wall St. Pals

Zach Carter, AlterNet. March 19, 2010.

Republicans are taking an unpopular stand with Wall Street. Dems need to have the guts to stand up against them both.

Will Weak Wall Street Reforms Wreck the Economy Again?

Zach Carter, The Media Consortium. March 17, 2010.

Fraud was a huge part of the financial crisis-- so why isn't the government going after the fraudsters?

Because You Really Didn't Want Protection From Credit Card Companies, Anyway

Alison Hamm, The Media Consortium. March 10, 2010.

Have Democrats abandoned the fight for an agency to protect consumers from the financial shenanigans of credit card companies?

How Did A Bank Lobbyist Score The Top Bank Regulator Job?

Zach Carter, The Nation. March 5, 2010.

For years, John Dugan waged a war against the economy as a top bank lobbyist. Then George W. Bush made him the top U.S. bank regulator.

Why Every Aspect of Dems' Handling of Wall St. Overhaul Seems Headed for Disaster

deleted, AlterNet. March 3, 2010.

It's not just Dodd's collapse on the Consumer Protection Agency -- it's the whole financial reform enchilada.

Elizabeth Warren on the Great Economic Battlefield: Protecting the Middle Class from Financial Predators

Zach Carter, AlterNet. January 28, 2010.

A new Consumer Financial Protection Agency can save the middle class. Elizabeth Warren explains how.

Congress's Attempt at Financial Reform Is Very Weak Broth

Zach Carter, Media Consortium. December 16, 2009.

The latest efforts to reform Wall Street don't away with too-big-to-fail banks, and that's a big problem -- here's what progressives are saying about it.

The Battle Against Letting Wall Street Continue to Make a Killing on Derivatives

Art Levine, AlterNet. October 21, 2009.

Protections for consumers and Wall Street's skullduggery are at stake in an obscure series of hearings going on in Congress right now.