Al Franken wants you to petition the President to name Elizabeth Warren as a recess appt

http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/3786

in my email today...

Scuba,

Senate Republicans are threatening to block any appointee to head the new Consumer Financial Protect Bureau unless it is watered down to serve Wall Street interests.

Representative Barney Frank called the Republican move "the worst abuse of the confirmation process I'veever seen" and added, "What it clearly says is that thepresident will have to make a recess appointment."

I agree.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has written a letter to President Obama supporting Warren's recess appointment, and it's been signed by top academics and other progressive organizations.

It's a great letter -- with a message I wholeheartedly support. Can you join them and sign the letter yourself?


http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/3786


Click here to add your name to the letter asking President Obama to appoint Elizabeth Warren -- then send this email to friends.

Monday, a banking leader who once called Warren the "Antichrist" said his initial impressions were wrong and urged a recess appointment. We have momentum, President Obama is paying attention, and an outpouring of national support will make a big difference.

Since the president appointed Elizabeth Warren to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she has proven she can stand up to Wall Street. Now, it's time for a permanent leader to be appointed and, because Republican senators have vowed to block anyone, it's up to President Obama to use his power constitutional power to bypass Republicans and make a recess appointment.

Academics who know Elizabeth well -- like Lawrence Lessig and Dean Baker -- as well as prominent progressive organizations of all stripes like Democracy for America, Democracia, CREDO Action, the Sierra Club, VoteVets, MoveOn, and others have signed on to the PCCC's letter. Even Wall Street folks who support reform have signed on.

Can you add your voice to theirs?

Click here to sign the letter.

http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/3786



Thanks for being a bold progressive,

Senator Al Franken

Obama has used Warren as the carrot on the end of the stick to keep progressives thinking he's working for them. If he had any REAL intentions of putting her in a position of REAL power he would have done it months ago.

Thanks for putting this out there!

I hope many of you sign it.

With pleasure.

k and r

looks like well over 1,000 an hour at this point (and that was overnight)

Sorry, too late to rec, I missed this earlier.