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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Reads GOP From The Floor Of US Senate

Before the failed vote to defund Planned Parenthood in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to the floor to read her GOP colleagues

“I come to the Senate floor today to ask my Republican colleagues a question,” she began. “Do you have any idea what year it is? Did you fall down, hit your head, and think you woke up in the 1950s? Or the 1890s? Should we call for a doctor?”

“Because I simply cannot believe that in the year 2015, the United States Senate would be spending its time trying to defund women’s healthcare centers. On second thought, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. The Republicans have had a plan for years to strip away women’s rights to make choices over our own bodies.”

“Just to be clear,” Warren continued, “even though the abortions performed at Planned Parenthood are safe and legal, the federal government is not paying for any of them. Not — one — dime.”

The vote ended up 53-46, meaning the measure failed the get the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster on bringing the bill up for debate.

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TIME 100: Hillary Clinton Gives Sen. Elizabeth Warren Her Due

Former U.S. Secretary of State and a 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives Sen. Elizabeth Warren her due for TIME’s 100 Most Influential People:

“It was always going to take a special kind of leader to pick up Ted Kennedy’s mantle as senior Senator from Massachusetts—champion of working families and scourge of special interests.

“Elizabeth Warren never lets us forget that the work of taming Wall Street’s irresponsible risk taking and reforming our financial system is far from finished. And she never hesitates to hold powerful people’s feet to the fire: bankers, lobbyists, senior government officials and, yes, even presidential aspirants.

“Elizabeth Warren’s journey from janitor’s daughter to Harvard professor to public watchdog to U.S. Senator has been driven by an unflagging determination to level the playing field for hardworking American families like the one she grew up with in Oklahoma. She fights so hard for others to share in the American Dream because she lived it herself.”

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren – “I’m not running for President”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

At a press conference with new Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Sen. Elizabeth Warren unequivocally shot down the prospect of her running for President in 2016 saying she fully plans to serve out her full term as Senator for Massachusetts:

“I’m not running for president and I plan to serve out my term,” Warren said at a press conference with Boston Mayor-elect Marty Walsh, as quoted by the Boston Herald.

“I am not running for president,” she said, as quoted by the Herald. “I am working as hard as I can to be the best possing senator I can be.”

A Progressive movement favorite, Warren has been hyped as a possible challenger to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination in 2016.

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Cherokee Nation Chief calls out Scott Brown staffers for racist behavior

The Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation denounced Scott Brown staffers for making “war whoops” and tomahawk chops in a YouTube video which mocked the Native American heritage of Brown’s opponent Elizabeth Warren, Think Progress reports:

“The conduct of these individuals goes far beyond what is appropriate and proper in political discourse,” said Chief Bill John Baker in his statement, “The use of stereotypical ‘war whoop chants’ and ‘tomahawk chops’ are offensive and downright racist.”

Baker called on Brown to “apologize for the offensive actions of his staff and their uneducated, unenlightened and racist portrayal of native peoples,” and said, “A campaign that would allow and condone such offensive and racist behavior must be called to task for their actions.”