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Senate Set to Consider Student Aid Reform 3/12/2010
Student leaders and campus administrators today voiced their support for the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, (SAFRA) and called for the Senate to take action to pass the student aid legislation promptly. The Bill would cut wasteful subsidies to banks to make college more affordable for hundreds of thousands of students.
March 9, 2010 Marks “Transportation Freedom Day” in Santa Monica 3/09/2010
New findings released by the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) show that a typical Santa Monica household shells out the equivalent of over two months of a typical annual salary to pay for transportation costs.
Consumer Group Says Leaked Draft Compromise Proposals from Sens. Dodd and Shelby on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) “Won’t Do the Job And Will Let Reckless Big Banks Win” 3/01/2010
Sacramento, CA – CALPIRG today said that several leaked draft proposals to make the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) subservient to other bank regulators that would have veto power over its decisions “won’t do the job and will let reckless Wall Street banks continue to run roughshod over consumers.”
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