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Consumer Protection & Corporate Accountability

Gutting State Regulation of Insurance under Bush Administration's Financial Oversight "Reform"

PSN on April 3, 2008 - 9:38am
While the financial crisis developed over a number of years in the subprime mortgage sector, federal regulators were asleep at the wheel as greedy lenders often took advantage of working families.  Worse, when states tried to step in with new state policies to tighten oversight of predatory lenders, federal officials blocked those state consumer protections, making the effects of the meltdown even worse for families. 

Toxic Toys: Game Over — State Must Act Where Feds Won't

J. Mijin Cha on March 30, 2008 - 1:07pm
With toxic toys flooding American markets and with corporate and federal leaders doing little to address the crisis, it's time for Connecticut to stand up with other states and say enough is enough. The General Assembly will get a chance to do just that when the Act Banning Children's Products Containing Lead, Phthalates, or Bisphenol-A comes up for a vote. It should jump on the chance.