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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKatie Porter isn't part of 'The Squad.' But the freshman House Dem is stirrng up trouble for Trump
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
spooky3
(34,476 posts)And weve got plenty more of them and of men, where they came from!
Retrograde
(10,156 posts)dlk
(11,576 posts)tulipsandroses
(5,127 posts)She was a former student of Elizabeth Warren after all.. She was taught well.
spooky3
(34,476 posts)As she lays out the case.
mopinko
(70,216 posts)methinks he has a bit of a crush.
Gothmog
(145,558 posts)She is amazing
Arkansas Granny
(31,530 posts)She was prepared, he wasn't.
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law, where she studied under Elizabeth Warren.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)And she brought the textbook that she authored to make her points when teaching lessons to Republicans!
MuseRider
(34,119 posts)Squad 2? Whatever, this is awesome. Women are doing their thing. The Democratic men are doing their thing too but this is just awesome to me. I wonder what I could have done if I had known it could have been done. Grew up groomed to be a wife and mommy. I loved being a mommy but I never knew I could do it all.
Go women! Go all! Form up, speak out and move this country into a kind and happily live-able nation for all people.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)Chemisse
(30,817 posts)I remember sitting in my sixth-grade classroom (1962) when I learned the reason why women could never be president. I don't recall how my male teacher phrased it, but he conveyed that women were too 'moody' because we have periods.
I was around the same age when told I could not join the volunteer fire department when I got older. But I could become part of the Ladies' Auxiliary and bring refreshments to the fireMEN.
I was angry and rebellious and became a part of the changes to begin later that decade. It took so many baby steps to get where we are today and I am so proud of all of these women and especially the women of color, who have claimed their places and are fearlessly using their voices for further change.
MuseRider
(34,119 posts)Exactly.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,416 posts)Add up just the annual bonuses handed out on Wall Street and it is more than all the wages earned by minimum wage workers in the country per year.
Hotler
(11,445 posts)That look on her face and the pointing finger is great. Jamie, you dumb shit.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)She's quiet and does her homework, and I think that the people she's questioning don't always expect her sharp questions.
George II
(67,782 posts)....altogether, men and women, most of which are doing the jobs they were elected to do, and doing it well.
melman
(7,681 posts)Which ones aren't?
George II
(67,782 posts)LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Very dependable.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Link to tweet
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geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Thanks for sharing this!
BarbD
(1,193 posts)Thanks for sharing.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Shes an iron brain in a velvet hat.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)I mentioned her to you the day I first focused on her. I knew shed been on Lawrence but I hadnt really listened.
But when I did... whoop loved me some level headed, brilliant Katie.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)3catwoman3
(24,046 posts)Very well said, and I'm guessing she wrote it herself.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)She is a highlight of any round of questioning. She easily magnifies the incompetence and cold souls of the men who have the big $ positions.
At some point, these exposures have GOT to make a meaningful mark. Oh, for the love of sanity and humanity, they must.
calguy
(5,326 posts)They'd be a lot more effective and would not be as open to attack. Katie backs up her position with cold hard facts that cannot be easily attacked. AOC on the other hand is long on pie in the sky ideas but very short on actual facts. Advantage: Katie Porter. Hands Down.
George II
(67,782 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Level-headedness...
Wounded Bear
(58,709 posts)rainin
(3,011 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)No clothes for the growing child. No necessities like cleaning and laundry supplies.
No car insurance. No dentist.
No birthday presents. No Christmas presents.
The only way a single parent with a child could make that kind of income work would be to have a paying roommate to offset the housing cost, or to share a residence with someone.
It's pretty sad.
rainin
(3,011 posts)Multiple people, multiple incomes, multiple jobs to support one household. We have 4 adults and 3 incomes in our house. We've partitioned off separate "suites" and we have common areas. I am the only unemployed adult and I work constantly to keep the house running. Times have changed!
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I'm looking forward to living by myself for the first time ever. Right now my son and his family are staying with me while they're building a house. They'll be moving out within the next couple of months. I considered getting a roommate or two, but I'm going to try to swing it on my own first.
My housing cost is substantially lower than Patricia's, thankfully. I noticed that she's driving a 2008 car, which means that she's a car repair away from complete ruin.
That's the thing with a lot of people these days. If one single thing happens, one major repair or other expense, they're ruined.
But, hey, according to 45, every is doing great.
shenmue
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edhopper
(33,615 posts)and the poster was too new to know to put the 'sarcasm' tag on the post.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)What a strong and inspirational lady. I hope more of the public start listening and learning.
I greatly appreciate her work!.......
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rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Inflation....
Minimum wage should be closer to $30/hr in 2019.
Fight for $30, not slow path to $15!
This is just another ploy, $15 will show up and watch costs.
I already never eat fast food and pump my own gas.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Porter's one of 95 members of our Congressional Progressive Caucus and a strong progressive, but of course not a "squad" type.
538 and some other analysts are using the term "superprogressives" to differentiate the minority who represent the farther left, especially ones allied with anti-Democratic Party dissident groups, as all four members of the squad are, from the far, far larger population of progressive Democrats.
The big differences between the large majority of progressives and the superprogressives are usually less in policy goals than in attitude of the latter toward their Democratic colleagues, seeing them, as Bernie Sanders put it, too much like Tweedledum to the Republican Tweedledee. Also, before they'd ally and compromise with progressive Democrats to achieve their shared goals, superprog groups have at times been willing to not only fail to achieve all goals but even let the Republicans take power and destroy existing progressive government.
We're hoping the squad won't ever go that far, but some dissent is necessary since too much cooperation risks eliminating the whole reason for a dissident group's existence. And with it the small but very real power that national attention creates. Even though Nancy's correct that they only have 4 votes against 231 other Democrats, Ocasio especially is raising a great deal of money that makes her someone who can't be dismissed.
We saw the squad playing to their public when they recently took a stand against the majority by refusing to vote for funding to care for already badly neglected children imprisoned in Republican detention camps. This was even though existing funding was about to run out. All the majority progressives, including Porter, felt they could ethically meet the emergency needs of the children and also take a stand against kidnapping and abusing them, but the superprogs needed to publicly disagree.
In any case, the significant differences in basic orientation and political positioning show why Katie Porter could not be one of the squad. She and the rest will do her level best to work with them to achieve common goals, however.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)yewberry
(6,530 posts)She always comes armed with facts and she's not afraid to use them!
nini
(16,672 posts)She's one tough cookie and her communication with her district is top notch. She's doing her job for the people - not herself.
JI7
(89,264 posts)5starlib
(191 posts)She is a star. I'd much rather have people like her in Congress that are concerned with their job rather than a rep that is out for Twitter followers and publicity.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)Their relentless, cheerful ambushes of these financial criminals from Wall Street and Trump's Cabinet of Cons are not only
irrevocably revealing but also darkly entertaining and often funny. Porter is flat out wonderful.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)She devastates the Know-Nothing tRumplicans at every turn
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)Gore1FL
(21,151 posts)I would have loved to have been one of her students.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,565 posts)...she is also very witty, and in everyone's favourite, dry way.
burrowowl
(17,647 posts)Go Girl!