The Revolving Door Is Spinning Out of Control. Can It Be Slowed?

The Revolving Door Is Spinning Out of Control. Can It Be Slowed?

Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland and Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin announce the introduction of the Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act on July 15.

Five years to the day after the Senate passed the Dodd-Frank Act, Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland gathered for a press conference in the Capitol to announce legislation that would strengthen ethics in the executive branch and work to reduce Wall Street influence in Washington, D.C.

“We can’t afford to have a revolving door working to stack the deck in favor of Wall Street and against hard working Americans who are struggling to get ahead,” Baldwin proclaimed as she introduced the Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act on July 15. “The American people deserve to have trust in the fact that government is working for them and that the system is not being rigged against them.”

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STOP Justice Department officials – Sign Resolution Against Wall Street Immunity

Top Justice Department officials are pushing hard to bring the Wall Street immunity deal back from the dead. Can you sign on as a citizen signer of Baldwin’s resolution against Wall Street immunity? Click here to sign.

Fortunately, Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) leaped into action with a congressional resolution opposing Wall Street immunity.

Within days, 27 of her colleagues signed on — and the more co-sponsors we get, the more pressure the Justice Department will feel to back off.

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