Tag: Elizabeth Warren

On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board stated that a business can be held liable for workplace law violations at another company only if it has "direct control" over the second businesses' workplace. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

NLRB vacates ‘joint employer’ decision that eased liability for franchising corporations

Sean Higgins · February 26, 2018 8:56 pm

Mick Mulvaney (pictured above), the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brushed off detailed questions from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., about his oversight of payday lending in a letter Friday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mick Mulvaney dodges Elizabeth Warren on payday loans with allusion to her support from trial lawyers

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2018 7:18 pm

During a speech at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre specifically called out Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as part of a cadre of leftist Democrats bent on eliminating the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elizabeth Warren goes on tweet rager against NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, and fundraises too

Daniel Chaitin · February 23, 2018 3:15 am

Disclosing presidential tax returns would mean "the American people can see any secret dealing," Massachusetts senator says. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Elizabeth Warren calls NLRB joint employer rollback ‘tainted’

Sean Higgins · February 21, 2018 11:31 pm

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Elizabeth Warren takes aim at fellow Democrats over banking relief bill

Joseph Lawler · February 21, 2018 3:34 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was one of several Democrats who opposed the the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, saying the bill was "dangerous and cruel." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats have moved far to the nation’s left on abortion

Ken Blackwell · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

Elizabeth Warren cherry-picked the pain and suffering of millions of Native Americans at the hands of western settlers in order to score political points. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Elizabeth Warren continues to embarrass herself over Native American heritage

Siraj Hashmi · February 14, 2018 6:45 pm

"But now we have a president who can't make it through a ceremony honoring Native American war heroes without reducing Native history, Native culture, Native people to the butt of a joke. The joke, I guess, is supposed to be on me," Sen. Elizabeth Warren said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elizabeth Warren slams Trump for ‘Pocahontas’ slur in surprise speech before Native American group

Melissa Quinn · February 14, 2018 6:30 pm

"Because of the corrosive effect of corporate money in politics, I've decided from this point on I am no longer accepting corporate PAC checks into my campaign," Kirsten Gillibrand said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kirsten Gillibrand vows to reject campaign contributions from corporate PACs

Melissa Quinn · February 13, 2018 7:52 pm

"Equifax and other credit reporting agencies have taken advantage of consumers for years, collecting their data without permission and turning a huge profit while failing to adequately protect that data," Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in the report. "These practices won't change without federal legislation." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Congressional backlash at Equifax data breach spares its business model

James Langford · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

While some reports have described the Federal Reserve's action against Wells Farego as unprecedented, the central bank imposed a similar restriction on New York-based Citigroup in March 2006. (Daniel Tepper/Bloomberg)

How the Fed’s Wells Fargo crackdown makes deregulation easier

James Langford · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

The $1 trillion plan circulated by the Trump administration would allocate 25 percent of the total appropriation to a rural infrastructure program in parts of the U.S. that currently lack high-speed internet and public transit, and whose roads and bridges are in disrepair. (iStock by Getty Images)

Democratic senators call for intelligence community watchdog to investigate White House security clearance process

Melissa Quinn · February 8, 2018 8:37 pm