DOWNLOADS: (110) PLAYS: (265) Ed Schultz asks BernieSanders to respond to this report from The Hill Another Independent could be a spoiler as Reid moves forward on healthcare : With a pronounced independent streak to match his political alignment, BernieSanders of Vermont may be another headache for Democrats trying to cobble together 60 votes for healthcare reform in...
Senator BernieSanders (I-VT) “on Monday stressed he would support using reconciliation to break a filibuster and bring healthcare reform to a conclusive vote,” The Hill reports. That affirmation, offered Monday night by Sen. BernieSanders (I-Vt.), perhaps eases lingering concerns among Democrats that the Vermont lawmaker could buck the majority party on procedural...
Facing the threat of a filibuster by Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CN) over the public option remaining in Democrats' health reform bill, Senator BernieSanders (I-VT) does not seem gravely concerned. Should Lieberman try to prevent the bill from coming to a vote, "there are other ways that we have to proceed," Sanders told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow [...]
Only in the mind of a liberal media journalist would Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Sen. BernieSanders be considered ideological "polar opposites," but that’s what NBC's Chuck Todd, during a piece aired on the health care debate on Tuesday's Today show, declared. CHUCK TODD: Meanwhile, the Senate's two Democratic independents, polar opposites ideologically, are split over...
In the past couple weeks, a couple of very powerful bankers literally invoked the name of Jesus , to defend their obscenely exorbitant profits ; and today, there is a buzz about Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein claiming he doing God's work . Well, Senator BernieSanders is apparently without fear, because he is ready to take on these self-styled saints. As explained by Barry Ritholtz...
by J. Taylor Rushing With a pronounced independent streak to match his political alignment, BernieSanders of Vermont may be another headache for Democrats trying to cobble together 60 votes for healthcare reform in the coming weeks. read more
Introduced by BernieSanders, The Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act of 2009 : A BILL To address the concept of ‘‘Too Big To Fail’’ with respect to certain financial entities. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Too...
By GottaLaff I have nothing but admiration for BernieSanders. I listen to him every Friday morning on the Brunch with Bernie segment of the Thom Hartmann Show . He is not only on the right side of the issues (as in correct, not the right side of the aisle), he's a decent, straightforward guy who listens. He is also highly principled: At a time when most attention is being paid...
Sen. BernieSanders makes some very good points. Whether you agree with his assessment that the "to big to fail" companies need to be broken up, the point that these companies are costing us all is irrefutable. More than a year has gone by since Congress passed [...]
Independently of Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), the Senate Democrats have another problem with a New Englander who caucuces with them, BernieSanders (I-VT). Essentially a socialist, The Hill is reporting that Sanders won't vote "aye" on ObamaCare unless it includes a strong public option--which means government-run health care. In essence, Sanders has the same position...
With a pronounced independent streak “to match his political alignment, BernieSanders of Vermont may be another headache for Democrats trying to cobble together 60 votes for healthcare reform in the coming weeks,” The Hill reports. Asked if he will support Democrats on procedural votes once the healthcare bill hits the Senate floor, Sanders was [...]
Vermont Senator BernieSanders, the left-leaning Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, today introduced legislation that would give the government the power to identify and break up financial firms that are "too big to fail." The story from Reuters : An independent U.S. senator on Friday introduced a bill that would give the government the power to identify and...
Vermont Sen. BernieSanders and Pennsylvania Rep. Paul Kanjorski will say and do what needs to be done on Too Big To Fail: break the banks . An independent U.S. senator on Friday introduced a bill that would give the government the power to identify and break up financial firms that are "too big to fail," an idea that is catching on. " If an institution is too big to fail,...
Senator BernieSanders (I-VT) is introducing a bill in the Senate that would break the monopoly of the “too big to fail” financial institutions. If they’re too big to fail, says Sanders, they’re too big to exist. (h/t Sam Stein, The Huffington Post) Here’s amazing irony. Guess what. Three out of the four largest financial institutions in [...]
