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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is sticking with her campaign theme of the economic challenges facing the middle class in a new TV ad released Monday.

“You work your heart out to buy a house, then watch its value disappear,” Warren says in the 30-second ad. “You save to put your kids through school, then the debt just about crushes you.”

Politicians in Washington, she says, “give out billions to oil companies, the most profitable corporations on earth, then try to slash students loans and Medicare.”

Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, is an expert in bankruptcy law who helped create the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren has tried to keep her campaign focused on economic issues as she challenges incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.

Warren often talks about the need for more government involvement to help the housing market and prevent foreclosures. She has called for policies that allow for new refinancing options for homes that are underwater, “principal write downs” where part of a loan is forgiven for someone who cannot pay, programs that give a homeowner in trouble cash to turn over their home and “short sales,” where a home is sold for an amount less than the amount that is owed.

The Boston Herald recently reported that Warren bought several foreclosed properties in Oklahoma or loaned money to family members who did so, then flipped them to make profits for herself or her family members.

The new ad also emphasizes the issue of student loans, which Warren has talked about on the campaign trail as Congress struggles to pass legislation preventing a doubling of student loan interest rates. Democrats and Republicans both want to stop the planned increase, but disagree on how to pay for it.

Brown had his own ad out Monday focusing on his family.

