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July 21 - Dodd-Frank Is Five: And Still Not Allowed Outside the House
July 15 - Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act: Outlining the Need for Increased Revolving-Door and Reverse Revolving-Door Legislation
January 25 - Continued Concerns With HSBC: Giant Bank Has Been Involved in Several Legal Investigations Since Signing Deferred Prosecution Agreement
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More Resources on Federal Agencies Serving The Public

Letter: Urging OSHA to Issue Hazard Alert for Workers Exposed to Silica, June 22, 2012
Press Release: OSHA Should Use Its Authority to Enforce Work Hours for Doctors-in-Training, November 3, 2011
Petition: Heat Standard Safety (PDF), September 1, 2011
Press Release: OSHA Must Adopt Standard to Protect Workers from Dangerous Heat Exposure, September 1, 2011
Press Release: Teen Agricultural Workers Killed, While Administration Delays Proposed Remedy, Aug. 12, 2011
Press Release: Committee Holds Hearing on Regulation, Report Shows Rulemakings Are Too Slow, April 14, 2011
Report: Cranes & Derricks: The Prolonged Creation of a Key Public Safety Rule (PDF), April 2011

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Ensuring Safe Consumer Products

Letter Praising CPSC for its Decision to Implement a Consumer Product Safety Information Database (PDF), November 24, 2010
Fact Sheet About the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (PDF), March 2009

Fair Elections and Campaign Finance Enforcement

Watchdogs to FEC: American Future Fund Appears to Be Violating Campaign Finance Law, October 20, 2010
FEC Should Investigate Crossroads GPS for Campaign Finance Law Violations, October 13, 2010
Regulatory Comments: The Rules after Citizens United v. FEC (PDF), February 24, 2010
FEC Allows Corporate Gift-giving to Senate Candidates, Flouts Federal Election Law, November 20, 2009
Lessons from EMILY's List: Defending the Nation's Campaign Finance Laws Requires Fixing the Agency That Is Supposed to Be in Charge, November 2, 2009
Open Letter to President Obama: Fix the FEC Deadlock (PDF), April 30, 2009

Worker Health and Safety

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