ISSUES – Banking, Financial Services and Taxation

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Comment Letter on Equal Credit Opportunity Act 64 FR 44582 (August 16, 1999) Docket No. R-1008
by Ward Connerly and James Landrith (ACRI/TMA)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/2002-10-30.html (October 30, 2002)

Comment Letter on Equal Credit Opportunity Act 64 FR 44582 (August 16, 1999) Docket No. R-1008
by Charlotte Bahin (America’s Community Bankers)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/acb2.html (October 30, 2002)

Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Secretary of Treasury Regarding Territorial Tax System
(Multiple Organizations)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/2002-02-26.html (February 26, 2002)

Rotten Rule: The Fed’s silly little boxes.
by Roger Clegg (National Review)
http://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/clegg021402.shtml (February 14, 2002)

Joint Letter to Director of OMB Regarding Interest on Deposits Held by Non-Resident Aliens
(Multiple Organizations)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/2001-12-19.html (December 19, 2001)

Joint Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Regarding Interest on Deposits Held by Non-Resident Aliens
(Multiple Organizations)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/2001-08-15.html (August 15, 2001)

Letter to Internal Revenue Service Regarding Interest on Deposits Held by Non-Resident Aliens
by Robert R. Davis (America’s Community Bankers)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/2001-05-31.html (May 31, 2001)

Broad Coalition Urges U.S. to Guard Financial Privacy
(NewsMax.com)
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/5/18/203450.shtml (May 19, 2001)

Joint Letter to Secretary of Treasury (Signed by TMA)
(Coalition for Constitutional Liberties)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/oneill.html (May 15, 2001)

Bachus Introducing Plan to Protect Privacy of Loan Applicants
(Office of Representative Spencer Bachus)
https://www.multiracial.com/government/pr20000307.html (March 7, 2000)

Opposition Grows to Fed Racial Data
(Las Vegas Sun/Associated Press)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-cong/1999/dec/14/121400372.html (December 14, 1999)

24 from GOP join opponents to Fed’s proposal on race data
(The Boston Globe/Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/348/wash/24_from_GOP_join_opponents_to_:.shtml (December 14, 1999)

Congressmen oppose proposed Fed rule on racial lending data
(Nando Times/Associated Press)
http://www.nando.com/noframes/story/0,2107,500142123-500168734-500630063-0,00.html (December 14, 1999)

Press Release: Paul Leads Fight Against Rule Proposed By Federal Reserve
(Office of Representative Ron Paul)
https://www.multiracial.com/government/pr991213.html (December 13, 1999)

Senators back ‘colorblind’ credit process
by Marcy Gordon (The Bergen Record/Associated Press)
http://www.bergen.com/biz/banks07199912072.htm (December 7, 1999)

GOP senators say they oppose Fed proposal on loan applicant data
by Marcy Gordon (The Boston Globe/Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/341/wash/GOP_senators_say_they_oppose_F:.shtml (December 7, 1999)

Senators blast Fed’s loan data plan
by Marcy Gordon (The Sun Sentinel)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/money/daily/detail/0,1136,25500000000105326,00.html (December 6, 1999)

Press Release: Committee Republicans Urge Federal Reserve To Drop Plan To Collect Data On Credit Applications
(Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs)
https://www.multiracial.com/government/pr991206.html (December 6, 1999)

House Banking Republicans Comment Letter Regarding Changes to Regulation B
(House Committee on Banking & Financial Institutions)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/housebanking.html (December 6, 1999)

Senate Banking Republicans Comment Letter Regarding Changes to Regulation B
(Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/senatebanking.html (December 6, 1999)

Libertarians say: Federal agency wants to encourage banks to ask customers about race
(The Libertarian Party)
https://www.multiracial.com/news/pr991118.html (November 18, 1999)

Questionnaire Dread (halfway down page)
by Declan McCullagh (Wired News)
http://www.wired.com/news/fax/0,1530,32518,00.html (November 13, 1999)

Comment Letter on Equal Credit Opportunity Act 64 FR 44582 (August 16, 1999) Docket No. R-1008
by James A. Landrith, Jr. and Charles Michael Byrd (The Multiracial Activist/INTERRACIAL VOICE)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/regulationb.html (November 10, 1999)

Comment Letter on Equal Credit Opportunity Act 64 FR 44582 (August 16, 1999) Docket No. R-1008
by Robert E. McKew (American Financial Services Association)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/afsa.html (November 10, 1999)

Comment Letter on Equal Credit Opportunity Act 64 FR 44582 (August 16, 1999) Docket No. R-1008
by Pamela Haynes (Michigan Credit Union League)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/1999-11-08mcul.html (November 8, 1999)

Plan to collect racial info on borrowers draws GOP fire
(MSBET)
http://www.msbet.com/news/news.asp?NewsID=4145&ChannelID=26&3009454 (November 5, 1999)

Comment Letter on Equal Credit Opportunity Act 64 FR 44582 (August 16, 1999) Docket No. R-1008
by William J. Donovan (National Association of Federal Credit Unions)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/1999-11-05nafcu.pdf (November 5, 1999)

Comment Letter on Equal Credit Opportunity Act 64 FR 44582 (August 16, 1999) Docket No. R-1008
by Malcolm Bush (Woodstock Institute)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/1999-11-03woodstock.html (November 3, 1999)

Comment Letter on Equal Credit Opportunity Act 64 FR 44582 (August 16, 1999) Docket No. R-1008
by John Taylor (National Community Reinvestment Coalition)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/1999-10-27ncrc.html (October 27, 1999)

‘Want a Loan? What’s Your Race?’
by Declan McCullagh (Wired News)
http://www.wired.com/news/print/1,1294,31533,00.html (October 15, 1999)

Fed’s New Interest: Race
by Jenna Greene (Legal Times)
http://www.counsel.com/stories/A5180-1999Sep3.html (September 7, 1999)

Press Release on Racial Classifications in Banking
(Federal Reserve Board)
http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/boarddocs/press/BoardActs/1999/19990804/ (August 4, 1999)

Equal Credit Opportunity [Regulation B; Docket No. R-1008]
(Federal Reserve Board)
https://www.multiracial.com/government/regulationb.pdf (August 4, 1999)

Why Tiger Woods has a message for Compliance
by Jo Ann S. Barefoot (ABA Banking Online Journal)
http://www.banking.com/aba/compliance_1098.asp (October 1998)

Joint Agency Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Under Regulation B
(Office of Thrift Supervision)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/1998-05-28.html (May 28, 1998)

Letter to Federal Reserve Board
by Janet Reno (U.S. Department of Justice)
https://www.multiracial.com/letters/reno.html (February 20, 1998)

Press Release: FRB Withdraws Proposed Amendment to Regulation B
(Federal Reserve Board)
http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/boarddocs/press/BoardActs/1996/199612233/ (December 23, 1996)