Senator Al Franken on Elizabeth Warren

Senate Republicans are threatening to block any appointee to head the new Consumer Financial Protect Bureau unless it is watered down to serve Wall Street interests.

Representative Barney Frank called the Republican move "the worst abuse of the confirmation process I've ever seen" and added, "What it clearly says is that the president will have to make a recess appointment."

I agree.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has written a letter to President Obama supporting Warren's recess appointment, and it's been signed by top academics and other progressive organizations.

It's a great letter -- with a message I wholeheartedly support. Can you join them and sign the letter yourself?

Click here to add your name to the letter asking President Obama to appoint Elizabeth Warren -- then send this email to friends.

Monday, a banking leader who once called Warren the "Antichrist" said his initial impressions were wrong and urged a recess appointment. We have momentum, President Obama is paying attention, and an outpouring of national support will make a big difference.

Since the president appointed Elizabeth Warren to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she has proven she can stand up to Wall Street. Now, it's time for a permanent leader to be appointed and, because Republican senators have vowed to block anyone, it's up to President Obama to use his power constitutional power to bypass Republicans and make a recess appointment. 

Academics who know Elizabeth well -- like Lawrence Lessig and Dean Baker -- as well as prominent progressive organizations of all stripes like Democracy for America, Democracia, CREDO Action, the Sierra Club, VoteVets, MoveOn, and others have signed on to the PCCC's letter. Even Wall Street folks who support reform have signed on.

Can you add your voice to theirs? Click here to sign the letter.

Thanks for being a bold progressive,

Senator Al Franken

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Rep Patrick T. McHenry The Jerk of the Day

the tweet about this jerk
Rep. Patrick McHenry's (NC-10) shocking behavior towards Elizabeth Warren, assistant to President Obama http://ow.ly/52KaX
Enough hypocrisy. GOP Rep. #Patrick_McHenry is the liar. Another closeted gay GOPer. http://tinyurl.com/3d7hq6e @MichaelRogersDC
now the story,

Representative Patrick T. McHenry, a North Carolina Republican who is chairman of a subcommittee of the House oversight committee, told Ms. Warren, who is directing the start of the consumer agency, that he believed she had misled Congress about her role in settlement talks between government authorities and mortgage servicing companies.

Yes when the GOP don’t do their job and listen to their staff, everyone is lying but them and a course those whom hand them large amount of cash in brown envelopes in restaurants, coffee shop, on the subway and in parks..
the back and forth got mess and nasty,

“Congressman, you are causing problems,” Ms. Warren said. “We had an agreement.”
“You’re making this up,” Mr. McHenry replied, eliciting gasps from the audience. “This is not the case.”

He claims that she some strange sense of entitlement, well Mr. Closet case Henry, what about you and the rest of the GOP boys… Just another self loathing closet case whom got caught in a lie and try to place the blame somewhere or on someone else.
However one Congressman did come to her aid,

As Mr. McHenry and Ms. Warren traded accusations, a senior Democrat, Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, tried to smooth things over. “Mr. Chairman,” he said, “I’m trying to be cordial here — you just accused the lady of lying. You need to clear this up with your staff.”

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