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Civil and Human Rights Orgs Support Elizabeth Warren

Click here for a pdf version of this letter. August 9, 2010 Dear Mr. President: The undersigned civil and human rights organizations urge you to nominate Elizabeth Warren to serve as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Professor Warren will serve America’s consumers well – not just in terms of making

Cantwell, Murray Back Elizabeth Warren for CFPB

Senator Cantwell and Senator Murray support Elizabeth Warren to lead the CFPB, according to this article by the Seattle Pi website. Saying its director should be “independent” and an “outsider,” Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., are backing Harvard Law bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren to head the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. The

Professors Support Elizabeth Warren

141 U.S. PROFESSORS URGE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO APPOINT ELIZABETH WARREN DIRECTOR OF THE NEW BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 3, 2010 – A total of 141 of America’s leading law and other professors are submitting a joint letter to President Barack Obama asking him to appoint Elizabeth Warren as the first

Post Passage Lobbying Statistics

The Financial Reform and Consumer Protection bill has been signed into law, but that doesn’t mean that the big banks are slowing down their fight to prevent reforms.  Check out the latest lobbying numbers and stats, as reported in the news: “The finance, insurance and real estate sector spent $125.5 million in lobbying for the

NewsOK: An Okie in Washington Riles Wall Street

NewsOK recently published an article about Elizabeth Warren, an Oklahoman making a stir from Washington DC to Wall Street.  Click here to read the full article. Her goal, she said, is what it has been throughout the 20 years that she’s been researching financial data, particularly as they relate to American consumers, whom she believes

Newsweek: Pick Elizabeth Warren

A recent article in Newsweek advised the President to pick Elizabeth Warren to head the CFPB.  Click here to read the full article. Warren’s fierce independence is exactly what makes the control freaks in the White House uncomfortable. Their doubts about her can be traced to the same economic boys’ club that sniped at FDIC