One of my favorite people in the whole world, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, dropped by the Netroots Nation conference yesterday in Detroit to talk about banking reform, the threat of oligarchy, the fight to establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and those things that she feels that we, as Progressives, are ready to fight for. […]
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Elizabeth Warren outlines the fight ahead for Progressives at Netroots Nation 2014
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Elizabeth Warren: Too Big to Fail has become Too Big for Trial
This, my friends, is why we worked so damned hard to get Elizabeth Warren into the Senate, and on the Banking Committee. Shot this morning at a Banking Committee hearing titled “Wall Street Reform: Oversight of Financial Stability and Consumer and Investor Protections,” this video demonstrates, better than any campaign ad ever could, just why […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged big banks, Elizabeth Warren, jury trial, justice, regulation, Senate, Wall Street, Wall Street deregulation 13 Comments