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Daily Hampshire Gazette: In Amherst visit, Sen. Elizabeth Warren cites UMass affordability model
By: Scott MerzbachJanuary 22, 2014 AMHERST - Continuing efforts she is pursuing in Washington to reduce the financial burden on college students, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will file a bill to refinance student loan debt. At a meeting Wednesday afternoon with University of Massachusetts students and Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy at the flagship campus, Warren promised to introduce legislation that would refinance $1.2 trillion in student loan debt. "Student loan debt is a strong stimulus for … Continue Reading
January 22, 2014
The Patriot Ledger: Sen. Warren visits Marshfield to hear flood insurance woes
By: Jessica TrufantJanuary 22, 2014 MARSHFIELD - The Marshfield-based nonprofit Road to Responsibility used all but $18,000 of its $25 million budget last year to serve hundreds of developmentally disabled people on the South Shore through housing and programs. But Road to Responsibility, one of the town's largest employers, could face some serious cuts. Its Ocean Street property now falls in a flood zone on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's new maps, requiring flood coverage that … Continue Reading
January 22, 2014
Springfield Republican: Sen. Elizabeth Warren says focus in 2014 includes boosting Social Security program, making higher education more attainable and increasing medical research funding
By: Robert RizzutoJanuary 22, 2014 SPRINGFIELD - Surrounded by dozens of citizen supporters and elected officials on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the new year comes with a sharpened focus on three specific areas where she plans to help craft legislation. Among them are boosting the nation's Social Security Program, helping make college more affordable while lowering student loan debt, and increasing the amount of medical research funding available to potentially further … Continue Reading
January 22, 2014
Associated Press: Sen. Warren To File Bill Allowing Refinancing For Student Loans
Associated PressJanuary 22, 2014 BOSTON - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is planning to file a bill to let students refinance their old loans at a new lower rate. Warren said she wants to ease the loan burden that she says is burying graduates in debt and stifling economic growth. Warren said it's important to let students with old, high-interest loans take advantage of lower rates now being offered to students under a new federal law this year. An undergraduate student who took out an … Continue Reading
January 21, 2014
Brockton Enterprise: Sen. Elizabeth Warren: students being 'crushed' by loan debt
By: Ed DongaJanuary 21, 2014 BROCKTON- With student loan debt reaching $1.2 trillion nationwide, Marisa Cox, has taken to working not one, not two, but six jobs as she tries to make ends meet while attending Massasoit Community College. A typical day for Cox usually starts with her liberal arts classes at Massasoit, followed by work at a day-care center, nursing home or one of her other jobs, before she finishes the day with homework and studying. Cox added that sometimes her studies can keep … Continue Reading
January 17, 2014
Gloucester Times: Fishing aid gets Senate's final OK
By: Sean HorganJanuary 17, 2014 A year ago, the bill to provide $150 million in direct federal disaster assistance to fishermen rolled through the Senate, only to die a lingering death in the House - a casualty of the internecine and partisan bickering over the debt ceiling. Yesterday, that failure by Congress to lift a deliberative finger to help fishermen was reduced to a political footnote when the Senate passed an appropriation to send $75 million to help fishermen, and fishing communities … Continue Reading
January 11, 2014
Associated Press: For Sen. Warren, a focus on kitchen table finances
By: Steve LeBlancJanuary 11, 2014 BOSTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has garnered the kind of fevered attention during her freshman year that would make most political figures drool - with supporters even calling on her to consider a 2016 presidential bid, a notion she's dismissed. As she enters her second year in Congress, the Massachusetts Democrat said her focus is instead on improving the economic fortunes of ordinary Americans, a theme that is dovetailing with a renewed emphasis in … Continue Reading
January 08, 2014
Springfield Republican: Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduces bipartisan bill to increase transparency in reporting federal settlements
By: Robert RizzutoJanuary 8, 2014 WASHINGTON - With the aim of increasing the transparency around settlements reached with companies found to be in violation of federal laws, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has teamed up with U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, to push a new bill. The Truth in Settlements Act, as introduced by the bipartisan duo on Wednesday, comes amid steady concern in Washington that companies which settle with the government amid investigations into … Continue Reading
January 08, 2014
Associated Press: US Sen. Warren: New mortgage rules will protect potential homeowners, guard nation's economy
Associated PressJanuary 8, 2014 BOSTON - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is hailing new mortgage rules set to go into effect this week. Warren said that under the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules, lenders must determine that a borrower has the ability to repay a mortgage before issuing the loan. The Massachusetts Democrat said the rules will prohibit brokers from being paid by lenders to steer customers into higher-cost loans and strengthen the mortgage market by improving mortgage … Continue Reading
December 23, 2013
Boston Globe: One year in, Warren not shying from populist aims
By: Nora BiermanDecember 23, 2013 WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Warren seems tired as she sits down in her straight back office chair at the end of a long rookie year in the Senate. But her voice suddenly rises when her favorite subject comes up, the populist ideas on which she has spent the last 30 years. It's not just Democrats who need a jolt of it, she says, holding up her arm like a crossing guard. "Everyone," the Massachusetts Democrat says. "Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, … Continue Reading
December 17, 2013
Boston.com: Elizabeth Warren measure would forbid employers from looking at job applicant’s credit history
By: Nora BiermanDecember 17, 2013 WASHINGTON -- Senator Elizabeth Warren announced today that she will introduce a measure to forbid employers from requiring credit histories on job applicants. The Massachusetts Democrat's measure has support from dozens of liberal consumer groups, who argue that credit history is a poor measure of character and discriminates against the economically disadvantaged. But it could face resistance from Republicans who oppose more restrictions on businesses and … Continue Reading
December 05, 2013
Telegram: Sen. Warren at Veterans Inc. hears concerns on housing
By: Alli KnotheDecember 5, 2013 WORCESTER - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren visited Veterans Inc. on Grove Street Thursday, speaking with veterans, advocates and politicians about issues facing former service members. "The more I know, the better I can do my job," she told them during a 20-minute roundtable discussion before touring the facility. Steven J. Connor, director of Central Hampshire Veterans Services of Northampton, said he would like Ms. Warren to consider having financial assistance … Continue Reading
November 12, 2013
American Banker: Warren: 'It's Time to Act' on Too Big to Fail
By: Victoria FinkleNovember 12, 2013 WASHINGTON - Sen. Elizabeth Warren rallied supporters on Tuesday to help end "too big to fail" and back her bill to separate commercial banking from riskier activities, in a fiery speech before consumer advocates. The Massachusetts Democrat, a longtime critic of Wall Street, expressed frustration that three years after the Dodd-Frank Act the biggest banks continue to grow, regulators keep missing their statutory deadlines and the problem of "too big to … Continue Reading
November 07, 2013
Springfield Republican: Sen. Elizabeth Warren says 'system is rigged for powerful interests,' addresses fight to enact new gun control regulations
By: Robert RizzutoNovember 7, 2013 WASHINGTON - In a speech to be delivered at the National Consumer Law Center's three-day Consumer Rights Litigation Conference starting today in Washington, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talks about a myriad of issues including the battle to enact federal gun control legislation and the successes of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren, who took office a year ago in a pricey Senate race against Republican Scott Brown, reiterates her … Continue Reading
November 04, 2013
Gloucester Times: Fed panel hears pleas for fishing reforms
By: Sean HorganNovember 4, 2013 The Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization road show hit Boston on Monday, when U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren hosted a State House session that again left fishing advocates questioning the science that serves as the basis for so many federal policies governing the nation's fisheries. The session featured numerous speakers and drew a large audience of policymakers, federal and state politicians, as well as fishing and conservation advocates. "If folks in Washington … Continue Reading
October 28, 2013
Boston.com: Warren: Boost medical research spending
By: Deirdre FernandesOctober 28, 2013 Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday called for doubling federal government funding of scientific and biomedical research and for more consistent financing of the National Institutes of Health, which have both helped fuel the state's innovation economy. Speaking to a forum held by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Monday, the Massachusetts Democrat said increasing investments into medical research can save lives and money. Research into drugs that delay … Continue Reading
October 16, 2013
Springfield Republican: Sen. Elizabeth Warren pleased over bipartisan funding legislation, but 'not celebrating'
By: Robert RizzutoOctober 16, 2013 Following the anticlimactic conclusion to the 16-day saga that left tens of thousands of government employees out of work, at least one United States senator isn't breaking out the party hats just yet. After Congress passed a bill late Wednesday to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent an email to supporters saying that although she was pleased that the bill addressing two disasters had passed, she … Continue Reading
October 16, 2013
NECN: Sen. Warren: We have to negotiate when we're not on the brink
NECN PoliticsOctober 16, 2013 (NECN) - Votes are expected to begin in the U.S. Senate on a bill that would end the partial government shutdown and avoid defaulting on the country's debts Wednesday evening. Massachusetts' Senator Elizabeth Warren says it sounds like there is a "real majority" to pass the bill. "The United States cannot default on its debts and we're going to get the government reopened, just like we should," she says. However, the deal is only a short term one. The agreement … Continue Reading
October 06, 2013
National Journal: Warren Uses Star Power to Push Tough-on-Wall-Street Agenda
By: Stacy KaperOctober 6, 2013 Sen. Elizabeth Warren giggles like a girl sought after by the coolest boy in school when asked what she makes of the progressive push for her to "save" liberals from a feared "too-close-to-Wall-Street" presidential run by Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016. But the "Aw shucks, me?" veneer shines with the polish of a practiced politician. Warren is imminently aware of the spotlight she's under and fully cognizant of the fact that the message she sends will be as … Continue Reading
September 29, 2013
Huffington Post: Elizabeth Warren Calls For Big Changes To Student Loans
By: Tyler KingkadeSeptember 29, 2013 BOSTON -- College graduates struggling to repay their student loans should have an easier time getting their debt eliminated if they go into bankruptcy, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Saturday. Warren laid out several reforms to address the rising costs of higher education in a speech at the Education Writers Association's Conference on Higher Education, held at Northeastern University. She spoke of the difficulty a growing number of graduates have … Continue Reading
