User:Informant16/Senate career of Elizabeth Warren

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Elizabeth Warren was elected to the Senate in 2012.

On April 19, Warren tweeted criticism of the

Ted Cruz presidential campaign releasing an email listing the candidate's sacrifices: "We’re supposed to pity you because trying to be the leader of the free world is hard?! 2 words: Boo hoo."[1]

On June 12, hours after 50 people were killed in the

Orlando nightclub shooting, including the perpetrator, Warren said, "Yesterday I was in Boston for the pride parade. And when I go to the pride parade, I don't march in the pride parade, I dance in the pride parade. It is a celebration. Then wake up this morning to the harsh reminder of the reality that's still out there."[2] Warren spoke on the Senate floor three days later, saying "the members of this Congress will have blood on our hands" if they did not pass gun control legislation.[3]

Warren attended the Donald Trump's inauguration. Days later, after the new president issued executive orders in favor of his pledged immigration policies, Warren released a statement: "None of President Trump’s actions today will make us safer."[4] While speaking to a crowd in Boston on January 29, two days after President Trump issued Executive Order 13769, Warren said, "We will not stop fighting until this executive order is tossed in the dust bin of history where it belongs."[5]

On February 7, 2017, Republicans in the Senate voted that Warren had violated Senate rule 19 during the debate on attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, claiming that she impugned his character when she quoted statements made about Sessions by Coretta Scott King and Ted Kennedy. "Mr. Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge. This simply cannot be allowed to happen," King wrote in a 1986 letter to Sen. Strom Thurmond, which Warren attempted to read on the Senate floor.[6] This action prohibited Warren from further participating in the debate on Sessions' nomination for United States Attorney General. She instead stepped into a nearby room and continued reading King's letter while streaming live on the Internet.[7][8]

On March 1, in a series of tweets, Warren called for Attorney General Sessions to resign and for the usage of a special prosecutor in the investigation of Trump's administration having ties to Russia.[9] On March 15, after President Trump's travel ban was blocked a second time, Warren tweeted that the "ban is still a recruiting tool for ISIS. Still a betrayal of our values. Still doesn't keep us safe."[10] At a March 22 rally with Sandrers, Warren critiqued U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton: "We cannot afford to have an SEC chairman who will not stand up to Wall Street."[11]

On April 6, after Senate Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" in the confirmation of Gorsuch, Warren tweeted, "Changing the rules to jam through a right-wing, corporate-owned judge means the GOP will have to own the Gorsuch Court."

People's Climate March, Warren released a Twitter video promising to defend students after students wrote essays in favor of climate change: "I'm fighting for you, I'm fighting for your families and I'm fighting so you'll have a better future."[16]

On May 1, responding to President Trump mentioning she might launch a presidential bid and calling her out of name while speaking to the

campaign promise to not cut Social Security and denouncing the proposal: "We don’t break our promises to seniors. We don’t break our promises to our friends, our neighbors. That cannot happen on our watch. We fight back."[22] On May 31, during a San Francisco event, Warren said the allegations of collusion between Trump administration officials and the Russian government were worse than the Watergate scandal for containing "connections to a foreign power".[23]

On June 1, after President Trump withdrew the United States from the

Wall Street Journal.[26]

  1. ^ Gurciullo, Brianna (April 19, 2016). "Elizabeth Warren unloads on Ted Cruz's sacrifices: 'Boo hoo'".
  2. ^ Serreze, Mary C. (June 12, 2016). "Elizabeth Warren in Northampton addresses Orlando shooting before speaking on economic struggles of American families". masslive.com.
  3. ^ Dumcius, Gintautas (June 15, 2016). "Orlando shooting: Sen. Elizabeth Warren says if US lawmakers fail to act on gun control, Congress will 'have blood on our hands'". masslive.com.
  4. ^ DeCosta-Klipa, Nik (January 25, 2017). "Elizabeth Warren responds to Trump's executive orders: Why not declare January 25 as 'Anti-Immigrant Day?'". boston.com.
  5. ^ Reiss, Jaclyn (January 30, 2017). "Elizabeth Warren: Trump's order should go 'in the dust bin of history where it belongs'". Washington Post.
  6. ^ "The Coretta Scott King Letter Elizabeth Warren was Trying to Read". CNN. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  7. ^ Kane, Paul; O'Keefe, Ed (2017-02-08). "Republicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned Sessions's character". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  8. ^ Seung Min Kim (2017-02-08). "Senate votes to shut up Elizabeth Warren". Politico. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  9. ^ Seipel, Brooke (March 1, 2017). "Warren calls for Sessions to resign: 'This is not normal. This is not fake news'". The Hill.
  10. ^ Sheehan Perkins, Madeleine (March 15, 2017). "Elizabeth Warren: 'Your Muslim ban is now 0-2 vs the Constitution'". Business Insider.
  11. ^ Temple-West, Patrick (March 22, 2017). "Warren, Sanders seize on SEC nominee to attack Trump". Politico.
  12. ^ Seipel, Brooke (April 6, 2017). "Warren blasts GOP for going 'nuclear,' vows to 'keep fighting'". The Hill.
  13. ^ Kamisar, Ben (April 14, 2017). "Warren demands explanation after MOAB strike". The Hill.
  14. ^ Seipel, Brooke (April 18, 2017). "Warren rips Trump over tax returns: 'The issue is not over'". The Hill.
  15. ^ "Elizabeth Warren: I'm 'troubled' by Obama's $400,000 speaking fee for healthcare conference". ABC News. April 27, 2017.
  16. ^ Seipel, Brooke (April 29, 2017). "Warren reads middle school students' letters on climate change". The Hill.
  17. ^ Bedford, Tori (May 1, 2017). "Elizabeth Warren Responds To Trump's 'Pocahontas' Comment, Defends Obama's Speaking Fee". wgbh.org.
  18. ^ "Elizabeth Warren wondered aloud if the US 'will ever be ready for a male president again". circa.com. May 4, 2017.
  19. ^ Hensch, Mark (May 10, 2017). "Warren: Trump 'wants to cut off any investigation' of him". The Hill.
  20. ^ Carney, Jordain. "Warren rips Trump in commencement speech: No one is above the law". The Hill.
  21. ^ Chakrabarti, Meghna (May 19, 2017). "Sen. Warren Tells Wheelock Grads To Get 'More Involved In Policy Work'". wbur.org.
  22. ^ "Warren rips Trump's proposed budget cuts to Social Security". The Hill. May 23, 2017.
  23. ^ Bolton, Alexander (May 31, 2017). "Elizabeth Warren: Trump's Russia scandal could be worse than Watergate".
  24. ^ Hensch, Mark (June 1, 2017). "Warren: Trump's Paris deal exit a 'big gift to Republican donors'". The Hill.
  25. ^ Shabbad, Rebecca (June 16, 2017). "Elizabeth Warren says politicians should take responsblity for what they say". CBS News.
  26. ^ Chavez, Aida (June 27, 2017). "Warren: Dems should campaign on single-payer healthcare plan". The Hill.
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