Saule Omarova is a Cornell Law School professor who graduated from college in Moscow, where she attended on a scholarship named after Vladimir Lenin

She wrote a paper advocating for the Federal Reserve to take over Americans' personal banking in order to have more policy clout against big banks

The agency she would oversee is tasked with regulating the country's banks

Republicans and bank lobbyists already oppose her nomination to lead OCC

A regulatory body Omarova proposed is included in a House bill introduced by progressive Rep. Maxine Waters aimed at expanding affordable housing

She previously worked in the White House within George W. Bush's Treasury