Economics

Elizabeth Warren Starts a New Project, But Few Take Notice

The senator launches the Middle Class Prosperity Project with Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings.

DES MOINES, IA - OCTOBER 19: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) campaigns for U.S. Rep Bruce Braley (D-IA) Sunday, October 19, 2014 in Des Moines, Iowa. Braley is in a tight race for a Senate seat against Joni Ernst.
Photographer: Steve Pope/Getty Images

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By Emily Greenhouse

February 25, 2015 at 1:39 AM UTC

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On Tuesday afternoon, only 91 people were watching Senator Elizabeth Warren's live stream on YouTube when she asked Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities a pointed question about retirement and savings. That's not many viewers, nor was it the sexiest subject. But Warren, wearing a forceful and perhaps symbolic purple while presiding over the first congressional forum of her Middle Class Prosperity Project, doesn't seem to mind. She's comfortable being far from the action.

In fact, Warren's latest project, announced jointly with Representative Elijah Cummings, a Democrat of Maryland, on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Tuesday morning, is all about getting as far away as possible from the D.C. corridors of power.