http://www.csrl.org Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:40:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can purchase a signed copy of Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us! for $30.00 (includes U.S. shipping costs). To order your signed copy of "Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us!" please click on the "Books" link at the top of this page. http://www.csrl.org/?p=315 WASHINGTON, D.C., June 3, 2010: Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, and Wyoming have failed in the last year to make progress toward fully disclosing state contracting information online, according to a survey issued today by Ralph Nader’s Center for the Study of Responsive Law (CSRL). The CSRL surveyed state ... http://www.csrl.org/?p=306 Ralph Nader and a coalition of consumer, privacy and civil rights groups today urged the Chairmen of the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees to demand that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stop the deployment of full-body scanning security devices in US airports until an independent review of the ... http://www.csrl.org/?p=295 One of the most important measures we can advance to protect consumers and taxpayers is embodied in an amendment drafted by Senator Charles Schumer. Senator Schumer’s amendment (SA 3772) provides a facility to establish an independent non-governmental nonprofit Financial Consumers’ Association (FCA). FCA has broad support from leading consumer organizations. Given ... http://www.csrl.org/?p=246 Senate Amendment 3772 At the end of title X, add the following: Subtitle I–Financial Consumers Association SEC. 1121. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the “Financial Consumers Association Act of 2010” SEC. 1122. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.–Congress finds that– (1) financial services consumers and depositors are an integral part of the financial system and ... http://www.csrl.org/?p=288 The Financial Consumers’ Association Over the last ten years the financial industry has spent, through lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions, over $5 billion pushing for and winning deregulation. This deregulation has come at a huge cost to taxpayers and consumers who currently have little voice in the regulatory debate. To protect ... http://www.csrl.org/?p=275 Leading National Consumer Groups (Consumer Union , National Consumer Law Center, Public Citizen, Consumer Federation of America, National Association of Consumer Advocates, USPIRG) support Financial Consumers’ Association (FCA) Letter follows: December 21, 2009 Senator Chris Dodd Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 448 Russell Building Washington, DC 20510 Congressman Barney Frank Committee on Financial Services 2252 Rayburn H.O.B. Washington, ... http://www.csrl.org/?p=281 State Government Contract Assessment A survey of the online availability of state government contracting information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Wyoming top a list of worst offenders in full online disclosure of state contracting information, according to a survey issued ... http://www.csrl.org/?p=1