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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren Embarrasses Hapless Bank Regulators At First Hearing (VIDEO) - HuffPo [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)84. Imagine if she
was head of the CFPB.
Elizabeth Warren grills banking regulators at first hearing
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Warren ousted Republican Sen. Scott Brown in November in a hard-fought campaign. She was President Barack Obama's first pick in 2011 to head up the government's newly established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an entity the former Harvard University law professor and attorney helped create. But Republicans in Washington essentially killed her nomination, citing her record of taking on big banks and Wall Street. That opposition helped boost Warren's reputation and led Democrats nationwide to embrace her decision to run for U.S. Senate.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/elizabeth-warren-grills-banking-regulators-first-hearing-161535327--politics.html
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Warren ousted Republican Sen. Scott Brown in November in a hard-fought campaign. She was President Barack Obama's first pick in 2011 to head up the government's newly established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an entity the former Harvard University law professor and attorney helped create. But Republicans in Washington essentially killed her nomination, citing her record of taking on big banks and Wall Street. That opposition helped boost Warren's reputation and led Democrats nationwide to embrace her decision to run for U.S. Senate.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/elizabeth-warren-grills-banking-regulators-first-hearing-161535327--politics.html
Things worked out great. She is in the right role at the right time.
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Elizabeth Warren Embarrasses Hapless Bank Regulators At First Hearing (VIDEO) - HuffPo [View all]
WillyT
Feb 2013
OP
Great clip, but could not help noticing all of the bottled water with their labels
likesmountains 52
Feb 2013
#4
Love her! I wish she had been in the Senate as the mess unfolded in 2007-2009
LonePirate
Feb 2013
#5
"We don't have to bring people to trial to achieve our supervisory goal."
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#27
If big banking corporations are people, I hope some of them get the death penalty.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#29
I'd really be interested to know how much financial help she got from the DSCC
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#77
The problem she faces is that she is way to progressive for the party machine.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#88
Women are like chocolate: Soft, sensuous, filling and full of good things that bring life to the
juajen
Feb 2013
#55
It shows just how corrupt Washington is, that nobody has ever challenged them before.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#68
She makes it SO clear these "regulators" are all lap dogs. They should all be fired.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#67
What we are all witnessing is the end of any type of democracy in our God-forsaken nation
truedelphi
Feb 2013
#107