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Oct 16 2019
News
'Punitive' Warren takes heat in debate
Senator Elizabeth Warren got a first taste of what it is like to be the front-runner on the debate stage Tuesday when her rivals ganged up on her and questioned whether her tax-the-rich rhetoric was too “punitive” for an already polarized nation.
The more moderate 2020 Democratic hopefuls took aim at Ms. Warren’s far-left agenda and plans for a wealth tax to finance a host of new
Washington TimesOct 15 2019
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Warren's New Campaign Finance Plan Is Putting Rivals Like Biden and Buttigieg on the Spot
In a new campaign finance plan released Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced that she will continue to reject big donors and corporate funding throughout the 2020 general election, if she’s the Democratic nominee, and challenged her opponents to disclose their big donors as well.
“If Democratic candidates for President want to spend their time hobnobbing with the rich and powerful,
Time MagazineFeb 28 2019
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Senator Brian Schatz will introduce a new bill to tax stock trades and curb high-frequency trading
Schatz thinks he has a way to cut down on bad behavior in the stock market — and raise a little revenue in the process.
Democrats have been talking a lot about different ways to tax the rich as of late, ranging from Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax to a variety of proposals related to stock buybacks. Now, Sen. Brian Schatz is floating another idea: a tax on stock trades.
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VoxFeb 03 2020
News
Iowa Caucus 2020: What to Watch For and When to Expect Results
Seven Democratic candidates are mounting competitive efforts in the state. The Times will provide up-to-date results and live political analysis.
The Iowa presidential caucuses begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time at more than 1,600 sites across the state. The caucuses vary in length; small gatherings can be over in minutes, larger ones can last up to two hours.
The first results are
New York Times (News)Oct 25 2014
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With Praise, Hillary Clinton Keeps an Adversary Close
The two most prominent women in the Democratic Party, whom liberals have cast as potential future rivals, stood backstage and swapped stories about being grandmothers.
But Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Elizabeth Warren, here Friday to rally voters for Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts, never appeared on stage together.
In fact, relations
New York Times (News)Jan 31 2020
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Democrats take on Trump, each other before Iowa
Pete Buttigieg is making a notable shift in his closing appeal to Iowa voters ahead of the Feb. 3 caucuses, swinging at both frontrunners: Joe Biden is a "risk," he says, while Bernie Sanders' politics are polarizing.
Why it matters: Buttigieg's pugilistic turn reflects what the polling keeps showing: it's still a jump ball for Democrats in the nation's first nominating contest, a
AxiosJun 28 2019
News
2nd 2020 Democratic Debate
Ten 2020 Democratic presidential candidates faced off Thursday in the second night of debates. YouTube
Both sides agree that Senator Kamala Harris and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg were the winners, and Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden the losers of the debate.
“Sanders, after a solid performance last night from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),
The Flip SideJan 27 2020
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Trump's standing against Democratic candidates improves, new poll shows
Donald Trump was tweeting about John Bolton before dawn on Monday, after news of former national security adviser’s forthcoming book roiled Washington during the president’s impeachment trial.
But if Trump looked elsewhere on his phone, to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Monday, he might have found consolation.
Amid signs that more voters are in general less worried
The GuardianJul 08 2020
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Biden-Sanders task forces unveil joint goals for party unity
Political task forces Joe Biden formed with onetime rival Bernie Sanders to solidify support among the Democratic Party’s progressive wing recommended Wednesday that the former vice president embrace major proposals to combat climate change and institutional racism while expanding health care coverage and rebuilding a coronavirus-ravaged economy.
But they stopped short of urging Biden’s
Associated PressDec 18 2013
Opinion
6 Ways Sen. Warren's 'No Credit Checks for Hiring' Bill Helps All of Us
This week Sen. Elizabeth Warren and six colleagues introduced the Equal Employment for All Act, which would make it illegal for employers to disqualify job applicants based on their credit scores. It's an admirable and important bill which deserves our support. It also gives us an opportunity to have a broader discussion about the kind of society we hope to become.
Here are six reasons
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