A Week of Action on Financial Reform

The reckless behavior of big Wall Street banks, credit card companies, and mortgage lenders caused a financial crisis that cost us millions of lost homes and jobs, billions in tax-payer funded bailouts and trillions in lost college and retirement savings.

This week, the Senate will take up financial reform legislation that will set the shape of economy for the next 50 years. This is a critical time to call your Senator and tell them America can no longer afford a "boom and bail" economy and its past time that they cracked down on the abuses that caused the financial crisis.

From March 1-4, you can call the Senate toll free at 1-866-544-7573 between the hours of 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EST. The toll-free number, provided by our friends at SEIU, will ask you to dial-in your zip code. You will automatically be connected to your Senators' office. Or you can go to www.BanksterUSA.org to contact your Senator by email.

The message? "Support financial reform that holds the big Wall Street banks accountable. Shrink the 'too big to fail' banks, close the loopholes to make sure that 100% of derivatives are traded on an open exchange, and create a strong, independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Don't bury the CFPA in the basement of the U.S. Treasury Department."

You know what we are up against. The financial services industry spent over $344 million on its lobbying in 2009. More than 1,500 lobbyists registered with Congress to work on the new rules to limit financial risks and impose stricter consumer protections.

But there are more of us than there are of them, so let's flood the Senate with our demands that they crack down on the big banks and permanently put and end to our "boom and bail" economy.

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