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Watch Elizabeth Warren Call Out the Toxic Influence of the Bank Lobby Over Our Economy

Joseph Hines

In a speech on the Senate floor on Saturday, Senator Elizabeth Warren called out to the toxic connection between money in politics and financial crisis. Demos' report Stacked Deck found similarly: a rising tide of big money has tilted economic policymaking in favor of the elite. Last week, Senior Fellow Wallace Turbeville explained how the provision Warren decries would roll back crucial Dodd-Frank reforms and put the American economy at risk of another financial crisis.

Watch Senator Warren's speech below. It's worth it.