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Format: 05-18-2013
Format: 05-18-2013
Testimony of Wallace C. Turbeville, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
After seven years as a lawyer specializing in public and private securities offerings, I was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs for more than a twelve years and then managed a small advisory firm...
May 9, 2012 | Testimony |
Wallace C. Turbeville
Comments to the CFPB Regarding Defining Larger Participants in Certain Markets for Consumer Financial Products and Services
Demos welcomes the opportunity to submit comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Notice and Request for Comment concerning the Bureau’s definition of larger consumer reporting...
April 16, 2012 | Testimony |
Amy Traub
Testimony in Support of the DISCLOSE Act, United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Chairman Schumer, Ranking Member Alexander, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on behalf of Demos for the record in support of the Democracy is...
March 29, 2012 | Testimony |
Liz Kennedy
Testimony in Support of Same Day Registration in Connecticut, Steven Carbo
Thank you Chairpersons Slossberg and Morin, and members of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, for this opportunity testify in support of H.B. 5024. My name is Steven Carbó, Senior...
March 1, 2012 | Testimony |
Steven Carbo
Vermont Testimony: Against Employment Credit Checks by Amy Traub
Thank you, members of the Committee for this opportunity to present testimony. I am a Senior Policy Analyst in the Economic Opportunity Program at Dēmos. We are a national, non-partisan research and...
February 22, 2012 | Testimony |
Amy Traub
Testimony in Support of Same Day Registration in Maryland
By passing this proposed constitutional amendment, and laying the groundwork to enact SDR, Maryland would become the 10th state to permit eligible citizens to both register and vote on the same day...
February 15, 2012 | Testimony |
Liz Kennedy
Against Employment Credit Checks; Testimony by Amy Traub Before Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee
Thank you, Chairperson Carroll and members of the Committee for this opportunity to present testimony. I am a Senior Policy Analyst in the Economic Opportunity Program at Dēmos. We are a national,...
February 13, 2012 | Testimony |
Amy Traub
Testimony in Support of Same Day Registration in West Virginia
Benefits of Same Day Registration Same Day Registration Increases Voter Turnout   States with SDR have historically seen average turnout rates that are 10 to 12 percentage points higher that non...
January 9, 2012 | Testimony |
Steven Carbo
Testimony in Opposition To Michigan SB 754, SB 751, SB 803 Senate Committee on Elections
Instead of addressing real problems with Michigan’s election system, these bills address phantom problems that will only serve to create further confusion and needlessly erect barriers to the ballot...
November 30, 2011 | Testimony |
Demos
Protecting The Right To Vote: Testimony for the Committee on the Judiciary
The assault on the right to vote witnessed in 2011 is historic in terms of its geographic scope and intensity.   Legislation enacted in states across the country to require government-...
November 14, 2011 | Testimony |
Demos