Bernie Sanders Filibuster A Hit For C-SPAN
Mr. Sanders has gone to C-SPAN. Senator Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont, started speaking against the Obama administration's tax cut deal o...
Mr. Sanders has gone to C-SPAN. Senator Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont, started speaking against the Obama administration's tax cut deal o...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A group of reform-minded senators believe they have a strong chance of changing the way the Senate does business in the next year, wi...
Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011
In the endless whirr of 24/7 corporate news, the people who actually make a difference are often trampled in the stampede to the next forgettable news-nugget like Lady Gaga's meat-dress. Let's look at five people who deserved more attention.
John Odum | Posted 05.25.2011
I suppose If I chose to, I could look at it as a crass move to get me applauding, or even as an exercise in futility and impotence, but not today. Not this time.
GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011
ou can now read the entire 124-page speech online. We combed the entire speech, collecting the Senator's scattered references to books. Follow the lin...
Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011
To the millions of pages of the Congressional Record, the distinguished Mr. Sanders has added a burning bright bookmark for the ages.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011
Sometimes it's worth taking a stand. Sanders didn't just do that. In pointing to the gross disparities in wealth in the United States, he did something else. He told the truth. The contrast with President Obama could hardly have been starker.
Jeff Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
Following a long period of White House lecturing and name-calling aimed at the activists who put him in the Oval Office, Obama has again shafted his base and broken a promise.
Posted 05.25.2011
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) invoked Arianna's book Third World America on Friday during a lengthy Senate speech against the Obama tax cut deal. Durin...
The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: The filibuster ended just shy of 7:00 PM ET, after 8 hours and 37 minutes of speaking. ... Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading a stalling...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011
You can call what I am doing today whatever you want. You can call it a filibuster, a very long speech. I'm not here to set any great records. I am simply here to explain the fact that we have got to do a lot better than this agreement provides.
nytimes.com | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011