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Deutsche Bank is providing Congress with records about its prior dealings with President Trump, a powerful Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday. House Rep. Maxine Waters, the Democrat from California, said that the Frankfurt-based bank is cooperating with the House Financial Services Committee, which she chairs.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a Democratic Socialist who won election to Congress in the 2018 midterm election, said on Thursday that she would like a seat on the House Financial Services Committee — a powerful committee that oversees the country’s financial sector. “I think with our district, we can be ambitious, so we’re kind of swinging for the fences on committees,” Ocasio-Cortez told HillTV. “We might as well ask for something big.” The Hill reported: The Financial Services panel is one of the most sought-after House committees. Its members wield significant influence over Washington’s relationship with Wall Street, and the panel...

Barack Obama has promised to take back the United States House of Representatives in 2014 by using his Organizing for Action superhero/super PAC as his weapon. And if that happens the country faces the prospect of this old socialist, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Graft, Theft, Shakedown), becoming the chair of the House Financial Services committee.  Just imagine super-liberals Sens. Ron Wyden (D-DeathState), or Chuck Shumer (D-EastCoast) teaming up with Waters to re-write Dodd-Frank banking law to make it more liberal. But so far B.O.’s money superstorm disguised as a PAC has made a lot of noise but hasn’t even ruffled feathers...