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Released: June 05, 2010

A last push for consumer watchdog

Source: Brady Dennis, Washington Post (Free Registration)

As lawmakers in the House and the Senate iron out differences between their far-reaching new financial regulations, consumer advocates are waging a final, fervent push to safeguard the legislation and bolster key provisions.

“The recent passage of Wall Street reform was a historic event and a victory for ordinary working Americans against the abuses of the big banks on Wall Street,” Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and a member of Americans for Financial Reform, said Friday.

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