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Opinion: Consumer Lending at Risk

Anyone with an interest in maintaining the positive economic momentum we've recently seen should pay close attention to the startup of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB was created as part of the so-called Dodd-Frank law enacted last year to rectify the practices that led to the 2008 financial crash, with...

Opinion: Washington Still Suffers From Economic ADD

(Oct. 1) -- Have you seen the recent news from the White House about a new federal professional sports task force to formulate rules on NFL overtime and the use of instant replay in Major League Baseball? Well, it hasn't happened ... yet! But given the lack of focus we see in Washington, I wouldn't be at all surprised to...

Critics Slam Obama Over Warren Appointment

In Elizabeth Warren's 2007 article in the journal Democracy, the Harvard University professor decried what she called the "tricks and traps" some financial institutions used to lure consumers into mortgages, credit cards or other financial agreements they couldn't afford. Warren proposed creating a government watchdog...

Obama Picks Consumer Adviser, Dodging Senate Fight

WASHINGTON (Sept. 17) -- In a poke in the eye to the financial community, President Barack Obama on Friday named Elizabeth Warren, an aggressive consumer advocate and Wall Street adversary, to oversee creation of a new agency to regulate banks, lenders and credit card companies. Sidestepping a Senate confirmation fight -...

Opinion: Fighting to Protect Consumers

(Sept. 17) -- Over the past several weeks, President Barack Obama and I have had extensive conversations about the vital importance of consumer financial protection. The president asked me, and I enthusiastically agreed, to serve as an assistant to the president and special adviser to the secretary of the treasury on the...

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Robert Teitelman: Glass-Steagall and Private Equity: Fact and Fiction

Two New York Times columns offered some pushback to Democratic talking points Tuesday.

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Ben Affleck & Matt Damon & More Rake In Big Bucks For This Politician

Ben Affleck joins the ranks of George Clooney, Ryan Murphy and other Hollywood figures who are throwing their celebrity behind the Democrats this election season.

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National Review's Elizabeth Warren Plagiarism Claim Quickly Debunked

National Review writer Katrina Trinko ended up with egg on her face Friday evening after accusing Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of plagiarism -- a charge that was quickly debunked.

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Scott Brown Fundraises Off Elizabeth Warren Heritage Claims

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and his campaign have been hammering his likely Democratic opponent, Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, over her past claims of Native American heritage for three weeks.

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HUFFPOST HILL - Eduardo Saverin Is The Worst And Everyone Hates Him

Angels wept today because of that "America wants to 'unfriend' Eduardo Saverin" joke you made.

Elizabeth Warren News From the Web

05/30/12 Warren should reconsider implicit remark on janitors Source: Cape Cod Times - Hyannis MA I take exception to senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren's recent TV commercial in which a woman declares, "Her father was a janitor, my father was a janitor," as if anyone who works with their hands is some kind of low life.
05/30/12 Warren owes it to public to debate Dem opponent Source: Boston Mommy S he may have opinions, carefully choreographed, on just about every trendy subject, but when it comes to thinking on her feet, intuitively knowing what to say or do at a moment she didn't see coming, it's becoming pretty obvious that Elizabeth Warren, without a script, doesn't have a clue on how to communicate with us.
05/30/12 Liz just won't commit Source: Boston Mommy S he's promised to get tough with Wall Street, but Elizabeth Warren yesterday refused to commit to one-on-one debates with hard-charging opponent Marisa DeFranco â a dodge one leading Democratic analyst said could raise questions about whether the party elite's favorite has what it takes.
05/29/12 Letter: Maybe she should take a close look in the... Source: Verde News Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), candidate for the U.S. Senate, contacted me yesterday.
05/29/12 Keller @ Large: Scott Brown's New âTownie' Ad Source: CBS - WBZ-TV - Boston MA In the Massachusetts Senate race, incumbent Scott Brown launched a new ad that plays up his image as a man of the people.

Background on Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren (born June 22, 1949) is an American bankruptcy law expert, policy advocate, Harvard Law School professor, and Democratic Party candidate in the 2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts.

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