Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician from the United States. Born on the 20th of October 1964, she was the 49th Vice President of the United States. She is the first woman elected vice president and also holds the title of most powerful female officer in the history of America. As a member of the Democratic Party, she has been the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017 and was an United States senator representing California until 2021. Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. After establishing her career as an Alameda County District Attorney, Harris was hired to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. Later she became the City Attorney of San Francisco. In 2003 she was elected the district attorney of San Francisco. She was elected Attorney-General of California in 2010, and was elected again in 2014. Harris was the junior member of the United States Senate from California between 2017 and 2021. Harris beat Loretta Sanchez during the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the 2nd African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to be senator in the United States Senate. In her time as a senator, she pushed for health reform, federal descheduling for cannabis, a pathway for undocumented immigrants to become citizens, the DREAM Act and a ban on assault weapons. She also backed progressive tax reform. Her most well-known accomplishments are her sharp questions to Trump administration officials in Senate hearings.






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