Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | yesterday
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Sen. Bernie Sanders tells Rachel Maddow the public option is dead. Sanders has reservations about the new proposal bering floated in the Senate. Unfortunately, no one is sure what is going to replace the public option.
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | yesterday
DOWNLOADS: (60) PLAYS: (259) From Hardball, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Sen. Bernie Sanders discuss the progress being made in the Senate on the health care bill. It sounds like things are getting closer to a deal finally being struck. Sen. Sanders is right about what's going on. If the Democrats were serious about putting together some real reform, they'd be talking about single-payer....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
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RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
RACHEL MADDOW: This news breaking right now, not at all yet clear, but joining us now to help shed some light on what‘s really happening is independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Senator Sanders is a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Senator Sanders, thanks for joining us tonight on such short notice. SEN. BERNIE SANDERS...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
DOWNLOADS: (58) PLAYS: (218) November 07, 2009 C-SPAN From the floor of the Senate, Senator Bernie Sanders makes an impassioned plea "unless we do something and DO IT NOW! Our primary health care system infrastructure is close to collapse!"
Liberty Maven (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont, has a petition on his web site to indicate your opposition to the renomination of Ben Bernanke for Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Hop to it, sparky.
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Let‘s start, however, with the important stuff, the gang of 10 Democrats trying to get health care reform done now. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is a Democrat from Rhode Island and Senator Bernie Sanders is an independent from Vermont. Senator Whitehouse, your thoughts about this option, this new-novel new plan to allow regular people to buy into the plan available to federal employees...
Mock, Paper, Scissors (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Once again, the only honest Senator, Bernie Sanders, is standing up for the rest of us this time by putting a hold on the re-nomination of Ben Bernanke to be the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Bernie even has an online petition to give him some backup – please go and sign. As Bernie says, [...]
My left wing (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Sanders outlines his objections to Ben Bernanke re-confirmation copyright ? 2009 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.org The adage is "Time moves on." The assumption is all will get better. However, for the little people in the United States, those who work, pay taxes, and still cannot make ends meet, life has been a backward motion. Throughout the history of America, it was believed the people,...
Corrente (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Senator Sanders Offers Medicare-for-All Amendment in Senate CHICAGO--(ENEWSPF)--December 3, 2009. Challenging head-on the powerful private insurance and pharmaceutical industries, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment to the Senate health reform bill Wednesday that would replace the bulk of the Senate bill’s language with provisions establishing a single-payer, Medicare-for-All...
Healthcare-NOW! (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
The idea of a Medicare for All type, single-payer healthcare system will be heard on the Senate floor. This week, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont filed Senate Amendment No. 2837, and there are two additional original co-sponsors of this amendment, Senator Roland Burris of Illinois and Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Call your Senators. Tell them [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Stay up-to-date with "Unfiltered" on Facebook. Follow Bernie on Twitter and on his Facebook page. The American people overwhelmingly voted last year for a change...
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
WASHINGTON -- Challenging head-on the powerful private insurance and pharmaceutical industries, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment to the Senate health reform bill Wednesday that would replace the bulk of the Senate bill's language with provisions establishing a single-payer, Medicare-for-All program. Joining with Sanders, I-Vt., in co-sponsoring the measure, known as...
Orange Juice! Politics For The Rest (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
So,this week, Senator Bernie Sanders (Democratic Socialist – America) put a “hold” on the renomination of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke; as this LA Times story notes, “Sanders’ move … is expected to slow but not derail Bernanke’s confirmation. What it is more likely… is that the Vermont senator could add political wind to efforts to...
Corrente (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
http://act.boldprogressives.org/cms/sign... Bernie Sanders has used a bit of Senate finesse to block the renomination of Ben Bernanke to head the Federal Reserve. Chris Bowers over at Closed Left explains what's happening, but what it all boils down to is that Sanders has managed to hold up the renomination of one of Bush's creatures to a hugely important office. Obama and Wall...
