Ocasio-Cortez, freshmen poised to take on Wall Street
An influx of young, progressive freshman members, headlined by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), is set to create new headaches for Wall Street and its allies in Washington.
Ocasio-Cortez and several of her newly elected Democratic colleagues are joining the Financial Services Committee, the powerful House panel overseeing banks, lenders and markets.
The rising liberal stars will soon enjoy a prominent platform in their efforts to push the party to the left, moves that could result in clashes with Democratic colleagues such as Reps. Jim Hines (Conn.) and Josh Gottheimer (N.J.) who have close ties to the financial sector.
Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) appear to be ideologically in step with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the new head of the Financial Services Committee who has pledged to “undo the damage” of Trump administration regulatory rollbacks and to hold big banks under close scrutiny.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425764-ocasio-cortez-freshmen-poised-to-take-on-wall-street?userid=229233
She's just a Freshman but she has the Republicans shitting themselves. In think she's a bit brash at times but her scaring the right is okay in my opinion.
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