Elizabeth Warren releases sweeping anti-government corruption proposal, providing a detailed policy roadmap for a fight she says is at the core of her presidential campaign.
Elizabeth Warren has released a proposal aimed at government corruption, providing a detailed policy roadmap for a fight she says is at the core of her presidential campaign.
Warren's plan would ban lobbyists from many fundraising activities and serving as political campaign bundlers, tighten limits on politicians accepting gifts or payment for government actions and bar senior officials and members of Congress from serving on for-profit boards. "Make no mistake about it: The Trump Administration is the most corrupt administration of our lifetimes," Warren wrote in an online post announcing the plan."But these problems did not start with Donald Trump. They are much bigger than him — and solving them will require big, structural change to fundamentally transform our government."
She wrote that popular policies championed by the Democratic Party's progressive wing — and many of its crowded field of presidential hopefuls — like universal child care, an overhaul of the federal criminal justice system, gun reform and plans to promote affordable housing have been"stymied because giant corporations and billionaires who don't want to pay taxes or follow any rules use their money and influence to stand in the way.
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