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'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda
3 weeks ago

'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda

Raw Story  

Rep. Jamie Raskin warned CNN's Jim Sciutto that Republicans could very well slash critical programs like Social Security and Medicare in the next Congress — but Sciutto wanted to know what exactly Democrats plan to do about it. "So let's talk about what comes next, because Republicans in their private meeting, they made a handshake agreement to cut $2.5 trillion …

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Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move
1 month, 1 week ago

Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move

Politico  

Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move Presented by With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine DRIVING THE DAY UNITING THE TRIBES — JONATHAN COWAN, co-founder and president of Third Way, is endorsing Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair BEN WIKLER to lead the DNC, he writes in a buzzy, just-posted POLITICO Magazine piece — a notable …

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Column: Fossil fuel barons killed Biden’s Fed pick because she talked sense on climate change
2 years, 9 months ago

Column: Fossil fuel barons killed Biden’s Fed pick because she talked sense on climate change

LA Times  

Sarah Bloom Raskin, who withdrew her candidacy to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, speaks during a Senate confirmation hearing in February. — Sarah Bloom Raskin No, Raskin’s nomination was killed by the fossil fuel industry and its caucus in the Senate. The final decisive blow was delivered on Monday by Sen. Joe Manchin III, who said that …

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Embattled Federal Reserve pick Raskin withdraws nomination
2 years, 9 months ago

Embattled Federal Reserve pick Raskin withdraws nomination

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrew her nomination Tuesday to a position on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors after a key Democrat had joined with all Senate Republicans to oppose her confirmation. The president asserted in a statement that “Sarah was subject to baseless attacks from industry and conservative interest groups.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki had reiterated …

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The Oil Industry And Its GOP Allies Are Trying To Sink Biden’s Climate-Focused Fed Pick
2 years, 10 months ago

The Oil Industry And Its GOP Allies Are Trying To Sink Biden’s Climate-Focused Fed Pick

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Republicans launched a scorch-earth attack this week on Sarah Bloom Raskin, the White House’s nominee to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair of supervision, painting her as a radical for her widely shared view that climate change threatens the global economy. In a speech to a conference last summer, she also tempered expectations about what kinds …

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Climate Progressives Eye Treasury As Key Post If Biden Wins
4 years, 2 months ago

Climate Progressives Eye Treasury As Key Post If Biden Wins

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Treasury Department is emerging as a high-priority for climate progressives seeking to influence a Joe Biden administration, should he win the 2020 election. Two names top the climate activists’ lists: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Federal Reserve governor who served as the deputy Treasury secretary in President Barack Obama’s second term. These …

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