Tag: Elizabeth Warren

Referring to the crowd of progressive conference-goers as President Trump's "worst nightmare," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., tore into members of her own party who believe Democrats should move toward the center in a fiery speech at Netroots Nation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Elizabeth Warren slams calls for Democrats to move to the center, says party ‘won’t go back’

Emily Jashinsky · August 12, 2017 5:46 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., arrives to speak at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Monday, June 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Washington Secrets

2020 Poll: Elizabeth Warren leads Trump by 9, Harris, Zuckerberg also beat prez

Paul Bedard · August 9, 2017 2:41 pm

The Senate approved 65 Trump nominees on Thursday but left out Kevin Hassett, Trump's pick to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House blames Elizabeth Warren for blocking top economic nominee

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2017 9:26 pm

The Trump administration's administrative effort to change the post-crisis rules is already underway. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fed looks to lighten regulations on bank boards of directors

Joseph Lawler · August 3, 2017 6:30 pm

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

Senate confirms Marvin Kaplan for NLRB

Sean Higgins · August 2, 2017 10:02 pm

Conservatives Are Mad at Jeff Flake, Too

Jonathan V. Last · August 2, 2017 9:34 pm

Democrats want to highlight banks' misdeeds to defend against the Republican effort to stop a new rule that would ease class-action lawsuits against banks. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Democrats call for hearings on Wells Fargo fake accounts, auto insurance scandals

Joseph Lawler · August 1, 2017 8:59 pm

Lawmakers voted to undo the agency's rule that restricts banks and other financial firms from preventing customers from joining in class-action lawsuits. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

House votes to cancel CFPB rule favoring class-action suits in finance

Joseph Lawler · July 25, 2017 9:06 pm

Democrats plan to offer amendments to legislation and to hold forums as well as go on the road to talk about their agenda, which in the coming weeks will include more specific proposals shaped by the feedback they hear from voters. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Democrat agenda targets ‘old-fashioned capitalism’

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2017 7:25 pm

The problem, according to lobbyists, is that regulators, especially ones physically located within banks, have expanded power under the post-crisis laws to intervene in bank business, to weigh in on board decisions, and to shape strategies.

Trump, GOP want regulators out of boardrooms

Joseph Lawler · July 24, 2017 4:01 am

"The idea this is an open amendment process defies credulity." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer: ‘Single-payer is on the table’ for Democrats

Al Weaver · July 23, 2017 2:14 pm

Sen. Warren was spotted at a donor retreat in Martha's Vineyard hosted by the former CEO of UBS Investment Bank last Saturday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Elizabeth Warren spotted at donor retreat hosted by former Wall Street executive

Emily Jashinsky · July 19, 2017 5:35 pm