==Background==
Emanuel is the son of a prominent physician, Dr. Benjamin M. Emanuel; the father was born in Jerusalem. Emanuel has a bachelor's degree from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] (1981), and a master's degree in speech and communication from [[Northwestern University]] (1985). Emanuel and his wife Ann have three children.
==Obama Clinton White House==
In He worked in the White House Emanuel's aggressive demands for a stimulus package won passage of the liberals' [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|$789 billion billBill Clinton]] in FebruaryWhite House from 1993-1998, but alienated Republicans (only three of whom voted first serving as Assistant to the President for it)Political Affairs, and then Senior Adviser to the President for Policy and Strategy. His seizure He was demoted at the behest of control of the Census Bureau from the Commerce department led Senator [[Judd GreggHillary Clinton]]after complaints from other staffers. Ironically, a leading Republicanas Obama Chief of Staff, to reverse himself and reject the job of Secretary of Commerce. Emanuel released control of the census was now in a position to head off complaints of political interference. Emanuel also ran roughshod over the Secretary of Stateoverrule Hillary Clinton when she attempted to hire another former Clinton White House staffer, vetoing her choice for a senior aideSidney Blumenthal.
In President Obama's first year Emanuel was considered to be Leaving the most powerful White House chief of staff in decades, he became wealthy as an "investment banker" on the Board of the [[government sponsored entity]] Freddie Mac, 1999-2002. Emanuel had no previous banking experience.
==Emanuel's role in Freddie Mac and the subprime lending crisis==
==Congressional leadership position==
Emanuel served in Congress 2002-2008 from the North Side of Chicago. Among Democrats in the House, he was squarely in the middle in his votes on social, economic and foreign policy issues. His aggressive in-your-face style alienated his opponents, but Emanuel took charge of the 2006 election for House Democrats, and secured major gains, giving the Democrats a majority for the first time since 1994, and propelling Emanuel to a top leadership role.
==Clinton White HouseObama Chief of Staff==In the White House Emanuel's aggressive demands for a [[stimulus]] package won passage of the liberals' [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|$789 billion bill]] in February, but alienated Republicans (only three of whom voted for it). His seizure of control of the Census Bureau from the Commerce department led Senator [[Judd Gregg]], a leading Republican, to reverse himself and reject the job of Secretary of Commerce. Emanuel released control of the census to head off complaints of political interference. Emanuel also ran roughshod over the Secretary of State, vetoing her choice for a senior aide.
He worked in the [[Bill Clinton]] White House from 1993-1998, first serving as Assistant to the In President for Political Affairs, and then Senior Adviser to the President for Policy and Strategy. He was demoted at the behest of [[Hillary Clinton]] after complaints from other staffers. Ironically, as Obama Chief of Staff, 's first year Emanuel was now in a position considered to overrule Hillary Clinton when she attempted to hire another former Clinton White House staffer, Sidney Blumenthal. Leaving be the most powerful White House chief of staff, he became wealthy as an investment banker in Chicago, 1999-2002. Emanuel had no previous investment banking experiencedecades.
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