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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will join the Senate Finance Committee, giving her a prominent platform to push forward progressive proposals on tax policy and health care.
Warren will be one of roughly a dozen Democrats to sit on the Finance panel, which has jurisdiction over taxes, trade policy, health insurance, Social Security and safety net programs.
“Senator Warren has been a tireless advocate for the middle class and I look forward to working with her on a range of issues, particularly fixing our broken tax code and ensuring billionaires and mega corporations pay their fair share,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the incoming chairman of the Finance panel, in a statement.
“Income inequality will be a major focus of my legislative and investigative work, and Senator Warren will certainly play a significant role in advancing this agenda.”
Warren’s new role will give her a powerful perch to oversee another slice of the financial sector, the health care industry, and other influential industries that she has long targeted for sweeping change.
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Warren will also retain her seat on the Senate Banking Committee, which oversees banks, credit unions, lenders, the investment industry, housing policy and urban development. She will be one of a handful of senators to serve on both the Finance and Banking committees, including Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)….