Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and lawyer who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first vice president to be female and the most powerful female official in U.S. history, as also the first African American and first Asian American vice president. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. Additionally she was a United States senator representing California between 2017 and 2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. After starting 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 San Francisco District Attorney. In 2010, Harris was appointed Attorney General for California. She was reelected in 2014. Harris served as the junior United States senator from California from 2017 to 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sánchez during the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to serve as a senator in the United States Senate. Harris was a senator who worked for health care and federal de-scheduling of cannabis. The path towards citizenship for migrants who aren't legal. The DREAM Act bans assault weapons and progressive tax reform. She is best known for her sharp questions to Trump administration officials during Senate hearings. 






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