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Congresswoman Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, is  undergoing vetting as a candidate to be Joe Biden's running mate, CBS  News has learned according to sources familiar with the process.
     

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The five-term congresswoman represents Los Angeles and endorsed Biden for president in mid-March.
   
 It is not immediately clear where Bass stands in the vetting process  but her name has been floated for consideration by powerful Democrats  like House Majority Whip James Clyburn. "Karen Bass would be a big  plus…she is a great person in my mind, I work with her every day,"  Clyburn told CNN in June when asked about Biden's vetting process.
Clyburn  specifically cited her previous leadership experience as speaker of the  California Assembly, the first African-American woman to lead the  chamber, as fitting preparation for the White House.
Her current  leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus has taken on even greater  importance, since she recently unveiled House Democrats' slate of police  reforms in the wake of 
George Floyd's death and the nationwide protests for racial equality.
"I'm  inclined to push the envelope as far as we can because we have a moment  now," Bass said of the policing reform proposal in an interview with  CBS News' 
Major Garrett on "The Takeout" podcast.
Bass' vetting comes as pressure builds on Biden to pick a woman of color to join him on the ticket.
In  a recent interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell after  he met with Floyd's family in Texas, Biden was adamant that the recent  racial tensions and spotlight on civil rights have not dramatically  altered his criteria in picking a running mate.
This new vetting  also comes after Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar withdrew her name from  vice presidential consideration, saying that she directly 
implored Biden to pick a woman of color.
From  her perspective, Bass told Garrett she "would certainly like to see" a  woman of color chosen as Biden's running mate but added it was not  "imperative."
Neither Bass' congressional office nor Biden's campaign immediately responded to a request for comment.
Before  politics, Bass' career was in healthcare as a physician's assistant,  notable experience as the country continues to face the COVID-19  pandemic.
As the seriousness of the pandemic set in during late  March, Bass joined Biden for a livestream event about the problems faced  by medical workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
"I worked  in the trauma center at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, I remember  working without protection and I remember the fear I had every day,"  Bass said on 
the livestream about  her work in Los Angeles. "I know the commitment you have to save lives  even if it means putting your own life at risk. The nation thanks you  for your service."
In 2010, the congresswoman was honored with the  Profile in Courage Award for her bipartisan work in striking a  legislative deal to address the 2009 financial crisis in California.  Bass and her fellow leaders "set aside party loyalties and ideological  differences and fashioned a solution to rescue California from the brink  of financial ruin," Caroline Kennedy 
said in delivering the award. 
Bass'  vetting comes as Biden's team of running mate head hunters is  entrenched in an intensive vetting of candidates, a process that  includes an extensive review of documents, public and private records  and lengthy written questionnaires and interviews. 
There are  several other women of color under consideration to join the White House  ticket. CBS News recently reported that former National Security  Adviser Susan Rice, Representative Val Demings and Atlanta Mayor Keisha  Lance Bottoms, are now being considered more seriously for the role than  they were weeks prior. An announcement has been previewed around August  1.
One of the women helping Biden make his decision is Delaware  Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester. She has been honest about how race  will factor into her deliberation.
"If we want to transform this  country, this is the time to recognize...the leadership of black women,"  Blunt Rochester said on a recent 
livestream. "We won't be taken for granted."
A kalifornia nut job radical for VP.  what will the demLibs think of next. 
Setting up for a marxist -socialist takeover via the 25th Amendment. 
From a party of "Diversity" - which will only consider candidates of a certain gender, race, and persuasion - gptta Be Gay, also.  Heterosexuals need not apply. 
Which is - racist, generist, and discriminatory  behavior by the long-term Plantation Politics as usual party.  White male heterosexuals need not apply - and biden will be bounced immediately after election - If elected. 
Prepare for a Marxist Shithole Amerika - just like Maduro and Venezuela - whom AOC and the DemLibs revere and praise as a model for Amerika!