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The Senate passed the financial reform bill today (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and sent it President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law in the next few days. ShareOwners.org and its members played an active role in pushing Congress to include in the legislation important new tools for investors to hold corporate boards and management accountable, inclu

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For those of you following the House-Senate conference on the Wall Street reform bill, you will know that both the House and Senate bills included provisions reaffirming the authority of the SEC to issue rules related to proxy access. The provisions were nearly identical and everyone expected the provision would be part of the final package. The Senate bill also included a majority voting provision, but the word for several weeks now was that that provision would come out of any final bill.

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It's time for shareowners to speak up and be heard!

Today (March 22, 2010), the U.S. Senate Banking Committee begins work on a bill to address the causes of the financial crisis.

Please call your Senators TODAY at 202-224-3121 and urge them to support the corporate governance provisions of the Dodd bill.

Tell them we need real financial reform, which includes important and much-needed corporate governance reforms, including proxy access, majority voting and "say on pay."

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking action to promote greater investor participation in corporate elections. The Commission is hoping to “get the vote out” from individual or mom and pop investors.

As the SEC notes, investor participation in the elections of companies they own is c

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You can read our news release below ...

SHAREHOLDER GROUPS, INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LAUNCHING MAJOR EFFORT TO PROTECT INTERESTS OF INVESTORS IN WAKE OF CITIZENS UNITED COURT RULING

Shareholder Resolutions, SEC Rulemaking and Congress All Seen as Venues to Ensure Full Board Accountability in New Era of Unleashed Political Contributions.

WASHINGTON, D.C.///February 4, 2010///A large and growing group of shareholder organizations and major investors announced today that they are wo… Continue