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"We've got to deal with the conflicts. If I hire S&P or Moody's to be my consultant and show me how I can do this and that to get an investment-grade rating or [an] even higher rating, they obviously have a conflict of interest there." "That's right. I think the compensation model... where the
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James Lardner
Work by Demos and its partners suggests that millions of low-income Americans can be brought into the political process through proper implementation of an often-neglected provision of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) that requires states to provide voter registration services to
Research
Already, some states are making changes. A legal settlement in Missouri led to more than 200,000 voter-registration applications from welfare offices in less than two years. A settlement in Ohio has led to more than 100,000 this year. Lawsuits are pending in Indiana and New Mexico.
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Richard Wolf
Democracy works as intended when all citizens are able to participate and make their voices heard. While the United States has come a long way in expanding the franchise over the past 220 years, barriers to participation still exist and these barriers disproportionately affect low-income citizens
Research
Lisa J. Danetz
Obama put[s] the U.S. government solidly back on the side of the middle class
Press release/statement
Heather McGhee on FinReg Passage
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Bryce Covert
Today We Start Rebuilding the American Middle Class
Press release/statement
Regulators can cap leverage if bank poses 'grave threat' to system Speier, who allowed that the overall bill is good, added that the rationale behind a detailed leverage cap is to keep big banks from growing so dangerously large that, if they were to fail, they'd cause collateral damage to the
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Ronald D. Orol
Is Michigan following the law? Demos reports that in 2008 over 11 million low-income adult citizens remained unregistered to vote and the registration gap between low-income and high-income citizens was over 19 percentage points. And changes in how voter registration is done at public assistance
In the media
Eartha Jane Melzer
Delaware Passes Law to Count Incarcerated Persons at their Home Addresses for Redistricting Becomes Second State To Adopt Reform Ensuring Fairness and Accuracy of Redistricting Dover — On June 30, the Delaware Senate passed a bill ensuring that incarcerated persons will be counted as residents of
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