Elizabeth Warren introduces bill to ban employers from running credit reports in hiring

Exclusive: Massachusetts senator said credit checks in hiring disproportionately affect people of color and women

As the US labor market comes under pressure, two senior figures in Washington are pushing to end a practice that prevents large swaths of US workers from obtaining jobs.

A bill reintroduced today by Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, and Steve Cohen, the representative from Tennessee, bans employers from using credit checks to vet potential hires.