Jonathan Nicholson covers Capitol Hill and campaigns for HuffPost. His Twitter is @JNicholsonInDC.
, a former university professor who taught courses on contracts, commercial law and bankruptcy said Wednesday she intends to focus on housing supply and private equity in her new role as the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee .
“In the aftermath of the 2024 election, it’s powerfully important for Democratic leadership to show that we can make life more affordable for working people and to act with urgency to rebuild our middle class,” Warren said in a statement to HuffPost.“For Massachusetts and hard-working families nationwide, this new role means a better chance to advance solutions like building more housing to lower prices and protecting consumers from private equity greed and special interest scams.”last week.
She also pushed for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Board, a regulatory agency focused on banks, lenders and other financial institutions.Warren is not the most senior Democrat on the banking panel, which oversees financial services and also housing and urban affairs, since more senior Democrats were either defeated in the 2024 election or are taking the ranking member slots on other committees in the next Congress.
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