Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician. Born October 20, 1964, she was the 49th Vice-President of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female vice president and is the highest ranking female official in U.S history. As a member of the Democratic Party, she was the attorney general for California between 2011 and 2017 and was she was a United States senator representing California in 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland. Harris received her law degree from Howard University. She started her career with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. She was then recruited to San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was elected as San Francisco's district attorney. In 2010 she was appointed Attorney General of California and was re-elected in 2014. Harris was the junior United States senator from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris beat Loretta Santiago in the 2016 Senate election and became the 2nd African American woman to serve in Congress and the first South Asian American American to serve in the United States Senate. She was a senator , and advocated for healthcare reform and federal cannabis de-scheduling. She also advocated for the possibility of citizenship for undocumented immigrant immigrants and the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. The attention of the nation was drawn by her shrewd questioning of Trump administration officials at Senate hearings. The most notable was Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual abuse.




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