Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren officially announced her candidacy for Senate in Massachusetts on Wednesday. Warren was the driving force behind the creation of the Consumer Protection Agency, and has been a lightening rod for Congressional Republicans. She’ll be challenging Senator Scott Brown, who was elected in a special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat in […]
Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy decided not to seek reelection last year and instead focused his life after politics on an organization called One Mind for Research, a brain research organization inspired by his father, the late Senator Ted Kennedy.
A number of economic indicators are due out this week, including existing and new home sales, and 2nd quarter GDP figures ? all are expected to plummet. We also discuss the approaching first anniversary of Ted Kennedy’s death this week.