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Watch live: Sanders warns Inhofe ‘dead wrong’ for denying climate change
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) on Monday is expected to give a speech on the Senate floor to warn that climate change deniers like Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) are making it “impossible to get real work done in the Congress.” “The bottom line is that when Senator Inhofe says global…
Sen. Sanders: GOP’s function in life is to protect the wealthy
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday insisted it was important that the Senate rejected the extension of Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, even though the legislation had no chance of passing the GOP-led House. “I think what today is about is educating the American people,” he explained on Viewpoint.…
Sen. Sanders warns of ‘frightening trend’ towards oligarchy
The defeat of the DISCLOSE Act in the Senate is part of a “frightening” trend, according to Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. During an appearance on Current TV’s Viewpoint on Tuesday, Sanders blasted Republicans for blocking the legislation. “What really frightens me is not just the disastrous nature of…
Bernie Sanders blasts ‘oligarchic form’ of U.S. government
Indepedent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Wednesday said the wealthy were taking control of the United States government. “The wealthy people in this country are becoming wealthier, the middle class is disappearing and poverty is increasing,” Sanders said. “Now, when we talk about an oligarchic form of government, what…
Senate rejects bid to label genetically modified food
The Senate on Thursday rejected an amendment to the farm bill that would have given states the power to require labels on genetically modified food. “This is the very first time a bill on labeling genetically engineered food has been brought before the Senate,” said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I),…
Sen. Sanders: Consumers should know if food is genetically modified
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on Thursday introduced an amendment to the farm bill that would give states the power to label genetically modified food. “I personally believe, and I think most Americans believe, that when a mother goes to the store and purchases food for her…
Sen. Sanders blasts conflicts of interest at the Federal Reserve
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday explained the importance of ending conflicts of interest at the Federal Reserve. Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, serves on the New York Fed’s board of directors. The Fed supervises the financial sector and decides whether to provide bank holding companies with…
Sen. Sanders on GOP mindset: If it’s good for America, we can’t do it
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Tuesday night said Republicans in Congress refused to pass the transportation funding bill because it would make the President look good. The Senate in March passed legislation reauthorizing transportation funding for two years with bipartisan support. The $109-billion bill is estimated to create 1.8 million…
Sanders: Wall Street is continuing its ‘insane gambling casino’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) launched his latest stinging critique at Wall Street Tuesday morning, specifically at JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon ahead of his testimony to the Senate Banking Committee next week. “They have learned nothing about the fact that, what financial institutions in this country should be investing…
Senators hope to end Federal Reserve’s conflicts of interest
Three U.S. Senators proposed a bill on Tuesday that would prevent the nation’s most powerful banking executives from simultaneously running the very institutions intended to keep them playing by the rules, with one of the bill’s sponsors saying that JP Morgan’s recent billions in losses are indicative of “a fox…
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