Representative Bernie Sanders is from Vermont and is Independent. Bernie Sanders serves on the Government Reform Committee and the Financial Services Committee.
The US Senate’s only socialist, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, announced that he wants to place a hold on Bernanke’s renomination, CNBC reports. It is unclear whether that will happen as there will be plenty of pressure from mainstream members of the Banking committee to move the nomination to the full Senate. Bernanke’s term expires at the end of January, if I’m not mistaken. Read Full Story
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Senator Bernie Sanders put a hold on Obama's renomination of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term. He explains that the crisis happened on Bernanke's watch, and he has done little to halt the systemic risks to our economy. In this clip from Brave New Films , Sanders calls once again to break up the big banks -- that have gotten even bigger under Bernanke -- and calls for transparency... Read Full Story
Release: Sanders Puts Hold on Bernanke December 2, 2009 WASHINGTON, December 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today placed a hold on the nomination of Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. “The American people overwhelmingly voted last year for a change in our national priorities to put the interests of ordinary people ahead of the greed of Wall Street and the wealthy few,” Sanders said. “What the American people did not bargain for was another four years for one... Read Full Story
Senator Bernie Sanders said today that he will try to block Ben Bernanke's confirmation for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve. The Vermont Independent blames Bernanke for not doing enough to stop the economy from collapsing and not doing enough to make sure banks were on their best behavior after the bailout.
“In this country, there is profound disgust at what happened on Wall Street,” Sanders told the 'Times.' “People want a new direction and people are asking, where was... Read Full Story
In countless speeches over the past seven years, Democrats have rightly slammed “the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy” as reckless, unnecessary, and unjust. Yet Senator Bernie Sanders has provided Senate Democrats with ample opportunity to put their money where their mouth is and his colleagues have failed to seize that opportunity.
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RLCC: They don’t want to radically change to correct the problem. They don’t work for the poor. They work for the rich. They work for the system established... Read Full Story
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I've been doing a fair amount of handwringing over the meltdown on this-ahere blog lately, but now let me offer something positive. I support, 100 %, the plan put forth by Senator Bernie Sanders , Independent of Vermont. Sanders is asking for citizen co-signers. I signed, you should too.
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Filed under: Management , Industry , Market matters , Money and Finance Today , Politics , Headline news , Federal Reserve , Financial Crisis US Senator Bernie Sanders, independent from Vermont, is known for his straightforward and unbiased positions. His new legislative proposal is to break up big banks that are deemed “too big to fail.” To quote Mr. Sanders: “if an institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.
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Senator Sanders proposes legislation to break up... Read Full Story
Now here is the one senator who is TRULY the most liberal in the senate, and he is the guy who knows how to say things right on target. In this video he explains why the rich people should pay for this Wall st. debacle since they are the ones who benefited from it. The burden should not fall on the middle-class who have already borne the burden to make the rich REALLY rich during Bush's Reign of Terror. I had already linked to his petition in this earlier post: Read Full Story
The following excellent article written by Ken Blackwell was sent to us this morning by frequent contributer, loboyazoo . This piece was originally written for Townhall.com back on Feb. 14, 2008, but will be relevant reading until it is determined by the democrats who will represent them in November’s election.
Mr. Obama, the probable leftist democrat Presidential candidate, is redefining the word, liberal and nobody gets it except his most fervent supporters, the Main Stream Media (MSM... Read Full Story
From Spain's Princess Letizia to Italy's Mara Carfagna, the game of politics is no stranger to beautiful, powerful women. Following is a list of women whose influence is matched only by their sheer hotness.
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