Spotted: Elizabeth Warren on Capitol Hill

Tom Williams

Elizabeth Warren was spotted testifying on Capitol Hill before a House Financial Instutions and Consumer Credit Committee. Above she is seen speaking with  Reps. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Shelley Moore Capito, (R-W.V) and shaking hands with Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)

11 Women to Watch in 2011

At the beginning of the 2010 election cycle, many commentators and pundits believed that this was the year to run as a woman. We saw a record number of women run and a lot of excitement around their candidacy. Yet after the midterm elections were over and done, we saw the numbers for women in Congress not increase since 1987! Despite those odds, we are keeping our eyes on a couple of women who could do amazing things in 2011. Here are our 11 Women to Watch in 2011.

Terri Sewell - freshman Congresswoman out of Alabama, is the first African American woman to be elected from the state. With the same pedigree as the First Lady Michelle Obama, undergraduate degree from Princeton and law degree from Harvard University, she is definitely one to watch.

Kirsten Gillibrand - after lobbying successfully for the passage of the 9/11 Act and repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", this freshman senator solidified herself as a force to be reckoned with. And after winning her election by a landslide this past November, she proved that she deserved to walk in Hillary Clinton's footsteps.

Elizabeth Warren - recently featured on the Political Girl for her photo opt in Vogue, she was recently appointed by President Obama to as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection, she is charged with protecting the American people for another failure of the Wall Street banks.

Kamala Harris - the newly elected District Attorney of California is already making the media rounds with a profile in Politico and an upcoming spread in Harper's Bazaar, however she has made it clear that her first priority is keeping the residents of California safe.

Michelle Rhee - When she stormed into Washington, DC 3 years ago she had the city buzzing by firing hundreds of students and closing over 20 schools. With the defeat of DC Mayor Adrian Fenty in September, she decided to leave the post and recently announced on Oprah that she was starting Students First, an organization to support student reform around the country.

 


Find out who else made the list by clicking below!

Elizabeth Warren in Vogue

Vogue Magazine

Depicted by Time Magazine as a "New Sheriff on Wall Street", Elizabeth Warren is gracing the pages of the January issue of Vogue Magazine. You may remember that in early September, President Obama chose Elizabeth Warren to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was created when Congress passed the financial regulation bill. In the interview she discusses how she views money and her take on fashion.

"I want to live my life with color." People who can't enjoy their money are missing the colors in life," she stated in the article.

You can check out the rest of the article, here.