April 26, 2011
As the interim overseer of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren has financiers to federal lawmakers jockeying for a place on her meeting calendar. Yet the New York Times reports that journalists too have been occupying a significant portion of Warren’s schedule of appointments.
“Ms. Warren, the Harvard law school professor turned Obama administration official, held nearly two dozen meetings with journalists and bloggers in March, according to her recently released public calendars,” reports the newspaper. “That comes after having 14 such meetings in February.”
This includes meetings with financial reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News, including prominent journalists like columnist Paul Krugman and Arianna Huffington, the editor in chief of the Huffington Post Media Group.
Yet Warren met with even more lawmakers last month. She caucused with around 15 senators, including Democrat leaders Harry Reid of Nevada and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois.
“Ms. Warren’s relationships on Capitol Hill could prove essential in the coming months,” the New York Times states. “If President Obama nominates her to lead the bureau, she will face Senate confirmation — not a sure bet for Ms. Warren, a frequent target of Republican scrutiny.”
In March, Warren also met with Ralph Nader, who recently wrote an editorial calling for her to be nominated for the position of CFPB director.
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