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• Odds and ends for 11/30

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 437
  Somebody make this guy a senator: Vermont’s Bernie Sanders on reappointing Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Fed : “No, I absolutely will not vote for Mr. Bernanke. He is part of the problem. (If) he’s the smartest guy in the world, why didn’t he do anything to prevent us from sinking into this disaster that ...
  9 hours ago

• Why is paying for Afghanistan war necessarily more important that health care?

  
  swimming freestyle — Authority: 481
  Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders were the featured guests on ABC News "This Week" yesterday.  The discussion with host, George Stephanopoulos, centered on President Obamas upcoming announcement of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and the current health care reform debate.  There ...
  13 hours ago

• Senator Bernie Sanders: ‘Bernanke is Part of the Problem’

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 638
  Vermont (I) Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has been a constant critic of the fed, and of Bernanke, said on Dylan Ratigan’s show he will vote against the reconfirmation of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. During the interview Sen. Sanders slams the Fed Chief saying it is unacceptable that the...
  16 hours ago

• Ratigan Rips Apart Bernankes Biased And One-sided Defense Of The Fed; More Perspectives From Sen. Sanders

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 755
  A follow-on interview by Dylan Ratigan of Senator Sanders confirms what everyone knows, that Bernanke is "part of the problem. The middle class in America is collapsing. Weve seen incredible greed and recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street. This guy was running the ship and he didnt see it, and he allowed it ...
  19 hours ago

• Health care primer: A snapshot of the toughest fights ahead

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 636
  WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats will return to Washington Monday to begin a long-awaited floor debate on the health-reform bill they hope to pass before Christmas. But it’s hardly the last battle they’ll be forced to wage on the health-care front. As tough as the upper-chamber debate promises to be, many of the ...
  22 hours ago

• Senator Sanders: "Ben Bernanke Is Part Of The Problem"

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 755
  Ben Bernankes low-road approach of taking the Feds "noble mission" of bailing out Wall Street at any and all costs directly to the people seems to have come at curiously opportune time, a mere week ahead of his December 3 Senate Banking Committee hearing for his second 4 year term nomination. It also seems to have ...
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• Video: Senator Graham, Sanders debate Afghanistan on “This Week”

  
  Mofo Politics | Hoping Obama Fails — Authority: 538
  This Week November 29.
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• Sanders Stops Short Of Saying Hell Filibuster Bill Without Public Option

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  The public option may not be a deal breaker for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). In response to a question from George Stephanopoulos on ABCs This Week , Sanders, a strong supporter of a public health insurance option, wouldnt go so far as to say definitively that he would filibuster any Senate health care bill that ...
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• Sanders: I Wont Vote To Confirm Bernanke As Fed Chair

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  On ABCs This Week , Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he will not vote to confirm Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to another five-year term. No, I absolutely will not vote for Mr. Bernanke. He is part of the problem. If he is the smartest guy in the world, why didnt he do anything to prevent us from sinking into ...
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• Sanders Stands On Principle: Must Have Public Option

  
  The Liberal OC — Authority: 503
  Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) John Nichols writes on The Beat blog at The Nation that:  If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to get the 60 votes he will need to break a Republican filibuster and pass a health care reform bill, he’s going to have to include a robust public insurance option. Without ...
  3 days ago

• The Nation: Why Not Tax Wall Street?

  
  Latest entries from dotcommonsense.blog-city.com — Authority: 139
  Proposals to reign in Wall Street start to emerge says William Grieder. I certainly hope something in that direction is accomplished before the fever fades.
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• Poison Pills and Ron Paul Fed Audit Thrills

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 564
  By now everyone probably knows that Ron Paul’s bill, HR.1207, was passed as an amendment tacked on to the gigantic unconstitutional financial regulatory reform bill. By this measure, Paul’s effort to have a full audit of the Fed is poisoned by the underlying bill. So the question becomes, will Ron Paul himself ...
  6 days ago

• The truth about health-care reform: the public option

  
  The Reaction — Authority: 574
  By Michael J.W. Stickings Heres a second Q&A from the Senate Democratic Policy Committees Citizens Forum . I posted one on affordability yesterday. Geoffrey Pettingill (Hamburg, MI): Why is the public option better than private insurance? Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT): The public option ...
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• Lieberman Standing His Ground Over Public Option

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 583
  Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) is standing his ground against the public option. And it sounds like he’s quite serious. The Wall Street Journal reported: Sen. Joseph Lieberman, speaking in that trademark sonorous baritone, utters a simple statement that translates into real trouble for Democratic leaders: ...
  1 week ago

• VtBuzz: Is Vallee in? More from those who are

  
  vt.Buzz ~ a political blog — Authority: 493
  Possible Republican gubernatorial primary? The field of gubernatorial aspirants may expand again. Rodolphe “Skip” Vallee , whose activism in the Republican Party included top party positions and a unsuccessful run for the state senate in 2000, is considering a run for governor. Republican Lt. Gov. Brian ...
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• Senate votes to start debate on health care bill

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 558
  Saturday night, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 to invoke cloture and begin debate on a health care reform bill. The debate will begin after the Senate gets back to Washington D.C. after Congress’ Thanksgiving recess. The vote to invoke cloture was on a party line vote, with Democrats and independents Bernie ...
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• Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Public Option

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  by Ryan Grim The Huffington Post While conservative members of the Democratic caucus threaten to block passage of health care reform if it includes a public health insurance option, a growing chorus of liberal lawmakers are making similar threats if the bill doesn’t have one. Bernie Sanders, an independent from ...
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• Should We Laugh? Cry? Both?

  
  The New Republic - the treatment Feed — Authority: 139
  The ritual is becoming familiar. Health care reform passes a major political hurdle. And progressives don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Last time, the occasion was a vote in the House of Representatives. Health care reform passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats had extracted a ...
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• Another Historic Vote

  
  The New Republic - the treatment Feed — Authority: 139
  The health care debate moves forward. On the motion to proceed, all the Democrats plus independents Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders voted aye. All of the Republicans present voted nay. The final count was 60 to 39. (Republican George Voinovich was back in Ohio.) The next few weeks promise a wild ride and not just ...
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• Bernie Sanders: My Vote For The Final Bill Is By No Means Guaranteed

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2009, after the Senate 60-39 vote to begin debate on a health care reform bill: "I voted to proceed on health care reform because our current health care system is disintegrating and must be reformed. Forty-six million Americans are uninsured, ...
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