Elizabeth Warren Archives

People use IRS Direct File at the Internal Revenue Service Building on April 05, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

Bill backed by 160 Democrats seeks rebirth of IRS’s Direct File

The legislation would make the free electronic filling tool a permanent program and bar the Treasury secretary from sabotaging it through other agreements.

Feb 26, 2026 By Matt Bracken

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talk before the start of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 24, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

CFPB blasted by Senate Banking Democrats for ‘entirely avoidable’ cybersecurity flaws

In a letter shared first with FedScoop, Sen. Warren and colleagues demand answers about an OIG report that found the agency’s cyber program to be ineffective due…

Nov 24, 2025 By Matt Bracken

A view of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

Senate Democrats urge CFPB to ignore big banks’ interest in overhauling data rule

A letter from Sens. Warren, Wyden and Blumenthal asked acting CFPB Director Russell Vought to reinstate consumer protections for accessing personal financial data.

Nov 21, 2025 By Matt Bracken

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 27: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to a staff member before the start of a Senate Banking Committee hearing on oversight of credit reporting agencies, on Capitol Hill April 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. The hearing featured testimony from leaders of the three largest national credit reporting agencies. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Warren wants Trump White House to promise it won’t bail out OpenAI

The Massachusetts Democrat asked White House officials to assure her that they won’t “prop up” AI companies with taxpayer dollars amid concerns over an “AI bubble.”

Nov 20, 2025 By Madison Alder

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., delivers opening remarks during a subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats want total audit of DOGE access to agency systems

The Pick Up After Your DOGE Act from Sens. Whitehouse, Wyden and Warren calls on the GAO to conduct comprehensive performance and security audits of agency computer…

Jul 30, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats seek audit of DOGE access to Social Security systems

A new bill from Sens. Whitehouse, Warren and Wyden calls for performance and security audits into what DOGE left behind in its dives into SSA computer networks.

Jun 5, 2025 By Matt Bracken

surveillance facial recognition biometric camera — (Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill to ban TSA use of facial recognition technology gains support of civil rights groups

The bill aims to tackle TSA’s proposed plan to implement facial recognition scans at over 430 U.S. airports within the next several years.

Dec 1, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

Democrats push for IRS free file service, citing bipartisan demand from taxpayers

In an open letter to IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, Democratic lawmakers tore apart the current Free File Program run by the agency in collaboration with private tax…

Jun 30, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

IRS under investigation for use of citizens’ phone location data

The inspector general is reviewing an IRS unit's subscription to a commercial database containing the phone location data of millions of citizens.

Oct 7, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Citing a ‘Strong Foundation,’ Warren Issues CFPB Progress Report

On the same day President Obama announced the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CFPB Special Advisor to the Secretary of the…

Jul 18, 2011