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Elizabeth Warren
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U.S. Senator, former teacher. Wife, mom (Amelia, Alex, Bailey, ), grandmother, and Okie. She/her. Official campaign account.
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We’ve won some big victories for working families in Massachusetts and across the country, but there’s a lot more to do. So today I’m making it official: I’m running for re-election to keep up the fight.
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Billionaire CEOs and giant corporations laugh all the way to the bank after exploiting every tax loophole in the book. So if Republicans were serious about reducing the deficit—instead of just inflicting pain on working people—that’s where they’d start.
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Here’s how we won a crackdown on wealthy tax cheats and made progress towards fast, free tax filing for all Americans:
The problem: Republicans have starved the IRS of resources, which makes it harder to... Go after wealthy tax cheats, quickly get refunds to honest taxpayers, and help people with their tax returns. What's more, tax prep giants have lined their pockets by lobbying against a free filing option. The result? Americans waste an average of 13 hours and $250 filing their taxes.
The win: $80 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act for the IRS, including to target wealthy tax cheats and move toward launching a free and easy filing option for all Americans. Here's how we did it.
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Understand this: the House GOP has shown that they’d rather take food and health care away from people who are struggling than take $1 more in taxes from a billionaire.
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Republicans in Congress are threatening to push our nation off an economic cliff, throw millions of Americans out of work, and destroy our good name around the world if they don’t get their way on the budget. That isn’t negotiating—that’s hostage-taking, pure and simple.
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“The validity of the public debt of the United States…shall not be questioned.” That’s from the 14th Amendment. It gives the president the authority to make sure the U.S. keeps paying the bills. If Republicans won’t stop holding our economy hostage, he should be ready to use it.
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With every new radical ruling and every new ethics scandal, the Supreme Court faces more and more of a legitimacy crisis. We must #ExpandTheCourt to rebalance it, and we must institute a binding code of ethics for the justices.
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Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in at least 50 years in 2022, after the Dobbs decision that overturned the right to abortion and led to state bans and other abortion restrictions. apnews.com/article/suprem
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I’ve got a bipartisan bill which basically says this to bank executives: you can’t take on a ton of risk, pay yourselves a ton of money, and expect to keep that money when you blow up your bank.
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In 2019, a government watchdog found the Pentagon’s 14 largest contractors had hired 1,700 former senior Pentagon officials. That’s an entire small town—and the vast majority came from jobs managing contracts. Let’s slap a padlock on this revolving door.
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The last time Silicon Valley Bank’s CEO testified to the Senate Banking Committee, he was lobbying for looser regulations. Today, he came back to talk about how his bank had failed—under weaker oversight. I’m fighting to put strong protections in place and prevent more crashes.
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Woo-hoo, ! When working people fight, working people win—and every victory inspires more people to get in the ring.
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Final tally: 44 - 23. We are so deeply proud to announce that we, the workers of REI Boston, have voted to unionize with @UFCW1445 💙💙💙 Thank you to everybody in our community and across the REI Union for your words of support as we fought to make this union a reality.
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After years of fighting for reform, and after calling out Betsy DeVos for standing in the way of this, I’m very happy to see these teachers, nurses, & other public servants finally benefiting from student debt cancelation under the president’s leadership.
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The GOP's budget plans boil down to a basic idea: making government work better for the rich and powerful and worse for everyone else. That’s why they push tax breaks for billionaires, coddle wealthy tax cheats, and try to slash programs for working people. I’m fighting back.
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There are commonsense steps we as a nation can—and must—take to reduce gun violence. I’m going to stay on this—including working to ban assault weapons.
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This #MothersDay, I’m thinking of my mother’s courage. I’m thinking of all the mamas fighting for their families. And I’m staying in the fight for a government that has their backs—from ensuring universal child care and paid leave to protecting reproductive freedom.
A black-and-white photo of a young Elizabeth Warren with her mother, standing together in a yard.
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She kept saying, "We are not going to lose this house.” She’d never worked outside the home. She was terrified. But she dug deep, she put on that dress, she walked down the street to Sears, and she got a minimum wage job that saved our house and our family.
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My daddy couldn’t work for a while after he had a heart attack. Bills piled up. One day, when I walked into my parents’ bedroom, I saw my mother’s face was red & puffy. A dress was laid out over the bedspread—the dress that only came out for weddings, graduations, & funerals:
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Defaulting on the national debt is not an option. Congressional Republicans already decided to swell the deficit when they gave massive tax breaks to billionaires and giant corporations. They don’t get to turn around now and say they won’t pay the bill.
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Let's do this ! I'm with you all the way in your righteous fight for dignity and a voice at your workplace. Stay strong!
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THE WAIT IS OVER!!! We have the date for our union election and are unbelievably thrilled that we get to vote next Monday, May 15th. Stay tuned for more stories from our coworkers as we get ready for our big day. See you then ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏼
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Big bank CEOs have been able to load up on risk, boost short-term profits, and walk away with ginormous amounts of money even when their banks fail. Instead of incentivizing recklessness, let’s pass my bipartisan bill to claw back executive compensation after bank failures.
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If Congressional Republicans are actually serious about reducing the national debt, then let’s talk about getting billionaires and giant corporations to pay their fair share.
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If someone misses a credit card payment—even just by a few hours—they could get slapped with a late fee up to 5X bigger than the actual cost to the company. Now lobbyists are trying to stop the CFPB from fighting back. Let’s get some answers.
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Service members who aren’t getting pay increases they earned. Kids who can’t start at new schools. Spouses who can’t take new jobs. Secretary Austin’s response to my letter shows the human consequences & national security stakes of this hostage-taking.
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