WASHINGTON — Watch the political advertising and Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts, either “sides with extreme left” protesters or has a history of being too cozy with Wall Street. Or Republican freshman Sen. Scott Brown, whom she hopes to defeat next year, is portrayed as an enemy of the environment. Read full article gt;gt;
Dec
25
Democrat Elizabeth Warren keeps targeting Wall Street's money-driven culture as she runs against Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), a big recipient of campaign contributions from the financial industry. The race is for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, but it's really a referendum on Wall Street.
Dec
13
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Crossroads GPS distorts the facts in TV ads that attack two Democratic Senate candidates for their roles in the Wall Street bailout and the federal health care law: The well-heeled conservative group says Elizabeth Warren was appointed to oversee how tax dollars were spent for bank bailouts that helped pay big bonuses to bank executives. That's absurd. ... More gt;gt;
Dec
08
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The Senate on Thursday failed to muster the 60 votes needed to confirm President Obama's pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has become the symbol of the administration's efforts to rein in Wall Street excess.
WASHINGTON — Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is filling a void for liberal but disillusioned Democrats who flocked to President Barack Obama in 2008. She’s attracting attention, money and help the liberal left isn’t yet eager to give to Obama. A longtime consumer advocate, the Harvard University professor has cast herself as a crusader against corporations and once said her work ...