Elizabeth Warren

Time to break up the biggest Wall Street banks

2013-01-16 00:00:00

TARP, the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008, is finally over. The Treasury Department recently announced it will soon be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors....

Will it be Clinton? Cuomo? Warren?

2012-12-13 00:00:00

Shortly after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party's nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...

Maryland investment firms haven't abandoned Democrats

2012-10-14 00:00:00

Wall Street might have turned its back on Democrats this election, but that's not the case among Maryland investment firms. The vast majority of contributions to candidates by T. Rowe Price employees went to Democrats. And Democrats were the...

Romney's biggest problem is his own party

2012-10-03 00:00:00

There are two major theories about why Mitt Romney is dropping in the polls. One is that Romney is a lousy candidate, unable to connect with people or make his case. The other is that Americans are finally beginning to see how radical the GOPhas become...

Mikulski touts role of women in Congress

2012-09-05 17:03:00

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, the self-styled dean of the Democratic women in Congress, urged support of female candidates in an address to her party's national convention Wednesday that came as both presidential campaigns sought to court women voters. As...

O'Malley to speak at Democratic Convention

2012-08-20 05:53:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley will have a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC next month -- another example of his burgeoning leadership role in the Democratic party.� He was one of six speakers announced early this morning by the...

Romney returns not fair game

2012-07-20 12:00:00

The Sun's "Many unhappy returns?" (July 19) editorial is true to the way you (and the majority of the media) operate. If there is something potentially embarrassing to the right, it must come to light. If there is something potentially embarrassing to the...

Obama to defy Senate Republicans and appoint CFPB director

2012-01-04 07:59:00

Republicans in the Senate have refused vote for any director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until the agency is weakened. Without a director, the CFPB's powers are more limited. This morning, the White House announced it would appoint...

Cordray appointment: A win for Obama -- and the public

2012-01-05 10:20:00

President Barack Obama owes congressional Republicans at least a thank-you card for their efforts to block Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That GOP leaders continue to howl over Mr. Obama's decision on Wednesday to...

Consumer advocate feared by financial institutions appears in Baltimore

2011-07-03 00:00:00

On Capitol Hill, some lawmakers treat Elizabeth Warren as if she were Public Enemy No. 1. That's what happens when you're charged with setting up an agency whose purpose is to protect consumers on financial matters — a job that brings you up...

Maryland bankers: We've got heart

2011-07-01 16:49:00

Elizabeth Warren is a native of Oklahoma, but she might as well be from Baltimore based on the reception the city gave her Thursday night. She spoke at a town hall meeting held by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings to talk about the new Consumer Financial Protection...

Elizabeth Warren: Baltimore's rock star

2011-06-30 18:16:00

There’s more than 40 miles that separate Baltimore from Washington. In Washington, Elizabeth Warren has undergone some merciless grilling by members of Congress about the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she is setting up. But in...

Hotel employee Denzil Telphia, of Boston steams the wrinkles from an American flag hanging as a backdrop at Elizabeth Warren's election night party in Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 2012.

2012-11-07 00:00:00

Hotel employee Denzil Telphia steams the wrinkles from an American flag hanging as the backdrop at Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's election night party in Boston, Mass.

2012-11-06 00:00:00

Elizabeth Warren , a Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and who is setting up the CFPB, spoke at Elijah Cummings' town hall meeting.

2011-06-29 21:00:00