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Showing Original Post only (View all)Katie Porter isn't part of 'The Squad.' But the freshman House Dem is stirrng up trouble for Trump [View all]
Porter, 45, isn't part of "The Squad" -- the four-woman group of freshman progressives of color who were attacked this week by President Donald Trump. But she's emerged as a viral star when it comes to how banks and the government treat the working poor and puncturing Trump's claims about the economy.
She's carving out a Warren-esque role for herself that's included asking top officials do basic math under oath. Her targets so far have included major Wall Street players like JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Equifax CEO Mark Begor and now-former Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan.
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Whether or not the professor-turned-congresswoman can turn her unique way of questioning government officials and Wall Street executives into making real legislative change remains to be seen. A bicameral bill she brought forth with Democratic Sens. Warren, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Tom Udall of New Mexico would bolster the power of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau so that it could oversee student loan servicers. Porter has also introduced legislation with Harris that would strengthen the power of state attorneys general to monitor banks.
So far none of these bills have major support from Republicans. But a bill she introduced that would raise the civil penalties assessed to security law violators was marked up by committee last week and a similar Senate bill is cosponsored by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. Two of her other bills -- one on mental health and the other addressing homecare for seniors -- have some support from across the aisle.
She's carving out a Warren-esque role for herself that's included asking top officials do basic math under oath. Her targets so far have included major Wall Street players like JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Equifax CEO Mark Begor and now-former Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan.
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Whether or not the professor-turned-congresswoman can turn her unique way of questioning government officials and Wall Street executives into making real legislative change remains to be seen. A bicameral bill she brought forth with Democratic Sens. Warren, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Tom Udall of New Mexico would bolster the power of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau so that it could oversee student loan servicers. Porter has also introduced legislation with Harris that would strengthen the power of state attorneys general to monitor banks.
So far none of these bills have major support from Republicans. But a bill she introduced that would raise the civil penalties assessed to security law violators was marked up by committee last week and a similar Senate bill is cosponsored by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. Two of her other bills -- one on mental health and the other addressing homecare for seniors -- have some support from across the aisle.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/21/politics/katie-porter-freshman-democrat-trump-wall-street/index.html
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Katie Porter isn't part of 'The Squad.' But the freshman House Dem is stirrng up trouble for Trump [View all]
ehrnst
Jul 2019
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That's what many of the freshman Democrats in the House are doing, we have 40....
George II
Jul 2019
#17
Well said. I don't know how anyone who's read the Mueller Report can come to a different position.
SunSeeker
Jul 2019
#47
I love watching her grill these men with the facts and plainly showing their ignorance...
Guilded Lilly
Jul 2019
#12
W/ Katie Porter's expertise and iconoclasm ag WS, she's our Prof Warren in the House.
stuffmatters
Jul 2019
#48
I love seeing her speak whether it be in committee, at a podium or on a news show.
Gore1FL
Jul 2019
#54