Elizabeth Warren praises Chuck Schumer, supports his bid to become next top Dem in the Senate
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said she has fought “side by side” with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on a range of issues, as she heaped praise on the New Yorker who appears poised to become the top Democrat in the Senate.
Warren dismissed the idea that Schumer was too closely affiliated with the financial industry in a recent NPR interview, undercutting the notion that she could lead any liberal discontent with Schumer due to his ties to the financial industry.
Warren credited Schumer with being one of the first lawmakers to embrace the idea of a consumer watchdog agency that was Warren’s idea. That idea would eventually become the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and that Schumer was critical in making that a reality.
“Chuck was one of the first people to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” she said on WBUR’s “Here & Now.” “He’s been out there on the front lines.”
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Some liberal groups were quick to push Warren to challenge for the post, but the freshman senator and big bank critic quickly shot down the notion.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/237393-warren-schumer-has-fought-on-the-front-lines-with-me
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