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    Senator Elizabeth Warren Focused on Today — Not 2016

    Pollsters and partisans of both parties think there's a good chance Democrats could lose control of the Senate in this year's midterm elections. What will that mean for a higher minimum wage and reducing interest on student loans?

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    By Warren Olney • May 16, 2014 • 1 min read

    Pollsters and partisans of both parties think there's a good chance Democrats could lose control of the Senate in this year's midterm elections. What will that mean for a higher minimum wage and reducing interest on student loans?

    Elizabeth Warren was elected Senator from Massachusetts after helping establish the

    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

    . In her first term, she's often mentioned as a potential candidate for president, and her recent memoir,

    A Fighting Chance

    , reads like a campaign biography. During a book tour, she's joined us in the studios of KCRW in Santa Monica.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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      Liyna Anwar

      Assistant Producer, To the Point/Which Way, LA?

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Elizabeth Warren

      Democratic candidate for US Senate

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