Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris, born on the 20th of October, 1964, is a prominent American politician as well as a lawyer. She is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first vice president to be female and the most powerful female politician in U.S. history, as being the first African American and first Asian American vice president. A member of Democratic Party, she has been the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017, and as the state's attorney general from 2011 to 2017 and as a United States senator representing California until 2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Harris started her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Then, she was appointed by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. The office was named San Francisco district attorney in 2003. In 2010, Harris was appointed Attorney General of California. She was reelected in 2014. Harris was the junior United States Senate from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez to become the second African American woman senator and the first South Asian American ever to be elected to the United States Senate. Harris was a senator who advocated for healthcare and federal de-scheduling cannabis. A pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants. The DREAM Act bans assault weapons and progressive tax reform. National attention was gained for her outspoken questions of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings. This included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault.




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