logo Standing Up To Powerful Interests
 
Making Health Care Work

Our Top Priority

Time For A Change

For too long, bankers themselves have written the rules on Wall Street.

Because of their reckless and greedy behavior, Main Street lost millions of jobs, taxpayers spent billions bailing out banks and retirees lost trillions of carefully saved dollars.

This year, that has to change.

<<FIND OUT MORE

 

PIRG Highlights

From The Newsroom

President Signs Major Product Safety Bill

Thanks to your calls and e-mails, the president has signed a major product safety overhaul bill. Among other provisions, the bill requires manufacturers to inspect toys and bans lead and phthalates from childrens' products.

Read more about the victory and the bill

Congress Ends Practice Of Self-Policing

In March, our advocacy won a new independent office that will end an era of congressional self-policing that allowed the Jack Abramoffs of the world to play fast and loose with money in politics.

Read more about our work on lobby reform