Elizabeth Warren Wins The Support Of Two More Senators

[ProSense]

Source: Huffington Post

Two more Senate Democrats climbed aboard the Elizabeth Warren bandwagon on Friday, signing on to a statement circulated by Sen. Al Franken encouraging President Obama to nominate the Harvard professor to lead the nascent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an entity she first proposed and helped shepherd through Congress.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee and the P Street Project have been urging their membership to flood Congress with calls of support for Warren. Franken's statement gives advocates something to organize around. The group is also calling on citizens to sign a petition backing her.

Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) have now gotten behind the effort. "Elizabeth Warren has proven that she is willing to stand up to Wall Street on behalf of consumers and is the logical choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau," reads the statement they signed. "If appointed by President Obama, I would vote to confirm Elizabeth Warren to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau."

On Thursday, Warren met with senior staff at the White House. "The President believes that Elizabeth Warren is a champion for middle class families and consumers and she, among others, is a strong contender for this position. The President has not yet made a decision and no announcement is imminent," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage.


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[Bozita]

1. Either of those two go by the name of Chris Dodd?

Who may or may not be acting at the request of the WH.

[tabatha]

2. I think Kerry would be more in lock step with the WH than Dodd.

(Or maybe you did not see that Kerry and Udall were the two.)

[Hawkeye-X]

3. Dodd is irrelevant.

He's retiring, and needs to stay out of this.

[wordpix]

4. he's still there, though, and head of Banking Comm. so not irrelevant

[sofa king]

9. He's relevant enough to make her irrelevant.

If no confirmation hearing is scheduled, then there will be no confirmation.

[defendandprotect]

5. Good news!! But, evidently Dodd is doing all he can to work against her ...!!!

[SoapBox]

6. CONTACT the White House here...

and tell them to support Elizabeth Warren.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

[Divine Discontent]

11. done!

I said I support a brilliant person like Warren to be nominated, and the protections of the American citizen to be thought of in considering who to put in that position.

[savalez]

7. Is this a position the Pubs can hold up? Or will she go right to work?

[mother earth]

8. There'll be hell to pay if Warren doesn't get this position. This

alone can be a game changer. Elizabeth Warren absolutely is the strongest people's voice ever. She's a gift, an incredible advocate. Without her, there's zero credibility to CFPB. K & R

[Plucketeer]

10. RECESS APPOINTMENT!

Come on Obama! Show us some forcefulness!

[applegrove]

12. This is great because Wall Street sees 'the little people' as people it can

make money off of. Even if it means lots of bubbles and crashes and other capitalist sh**. We need Elizabeth Warren.

[golddigger]

13. They won't give her the job.

She is too liberal for their taste.

[fogonthelake]

16. She will work for the people and not the banks which is what Geithner

and Summers would fear.

[Zorra]

14. Our country desperately needs Elizabeth Warren as head of the CFPB.

She has the smarts and the grit to expose a lot of corporate hanky-panky, which could lead to bigger and better things.

Please, Mr. President, sign her up.

[yurbud]

15. can't someone say to Dodd, ''Go out with grace, not as the dickless lapdog of Wall St.''

[No Elephants]

17. Once Timmeh staffs the agency and sets up the rulemaking process, the new agency head won't matter

much, anyway. See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4485107&mesg_id=4485783

[chunga85]

18. There's still time to send Obama a letter urging he nominate Warren!

http://capwiz.com/affil/issues/alert/?alertid=15256046