Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
Bernard "Bernie" Sandersis an American politician, serving as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007. Sanders is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history. He has always caucused with the Democratic Party, which has entitled him to committee assignments and at times given Democrats a majority. Sanders became the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee in January 2015; he had previously served for two years as chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. He publicly identified...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 September 1941
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I see a future where states compete with one another to see which can be the most efficient, and where businesses seek out efficient states in which to locate so they can reap the economic and environmental benefits for their businesses and employees.
The details of what the Fed did were kept secret until a provision in the Dodd-Frank Act that I sponsored required the Government Accountability Office to audit the Fed's lending programs during the financial crisis.
Danes pay very high taxes, but in return enjoy a quality of life that many Americans would find hard to believe.
There must be a major economic recovery package which puts Americans to work at decent wages.
History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country.
Most of us have not heard about Master Limited Partnerships. These special financing arrangements allow oil and gas investors to avoid paying certain corporate income taxes, but are not available to clean energy businesses.
The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of African descent were held in bondage. After slavery was abolished, they were forced to endure legal discrimination for another 100 years.
Senate Republicans have engaged in a record number of filibusters and other obstructionist tactics.
Representative Spencer Bachus is one of the only people I know from Alabama. I bet I'm the only socialist he knows.
Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate.
Private insurance companies in America are reaping huge profits.
Mitt Romney's energy policy is a relic of the 19th century. We need a 21st century plan. The fate of the planet is at stake.
Former Senator Al D'Amato in 1991 offered an amendment to cap credit card interest rates at 14 percent.
The Federal Reserve has the responsibility to protect the credit rights of consumers.