A new report released by the Institute for America's Future raises critical questions about whether the mortgage fraud task force led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is being allowed by the Obama administration to do its job, and whether as a result Wall Street bankers guilty of criminal acts will go scot-free.
The report, "Rhetoric or Resources: it's Time To Get Serious," is written by Bart Dzivi, former Special Counsel to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. It focuses on the federal government's legal response to the financial crisis and the looming statute of limitations on legal claims against financial institutions for their role in the crisis. » Read more of Isaiah J. Poole's post.
"Etch-a-Sketch" Mitt Romney continues to reshape himself. Overnight, he's for allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest, after being against it. Now he's the savior of Medicare after being the scourge of the entitlement society.
But for all the shapeshifting, Romney's core worldview is clear, forged in the experience that made his fortune as head of Bain Capital. For this reason, the Campaign for America's Future has created bainofourexistence.com to provide a constantly updated resource of reporting on and analysis of Bain and Romney.
After the $2 billion JPMorgan Chase/Jamie Dimon fiasco, it's time to put an end to "too big to fail" banks and support the SAFE (Safe, Accountable, Fair and Efficient) Banking Act by Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Keith Ellison, which will cut these banks down to a size below which their recklessness won't put the entire economy at risk. more »
We're keeping the heat on the Obama administration so that the Wall Street bankers whose violations of the law helped bring down the economy are brought to justice. more »
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We're keeping the heat on the Obama administration so that the Wall Street bankers whose violations of the law helped bring down the economy are brought to justice. 
