"Right now, with millions of Americans still out of work, and struggling to recover from the worst economic downturn since the great depression, with 40 million Americans dealing with student loans, with millions of people working full-time at minimum wage and still living in poverty, with the big banks getting bigger and the workers getting poorer, and seniors struggling to make ends meet, Republicans in Washington have decided the most important thing for them to focus on is how to deny women access to birth control."

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Source: The Professor. Interview with Jeffrey Toobin, www.newyorker.com. September 17, 2012.

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Elizabeth Warren

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Elizabeth Warren is a U.S. Senator known for her advocacy on economic equality and consumer protection, particularly through her work on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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