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It's the 'Public' Not the 'Option' in 'Public Option' That Counts

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Care, Chuck Schumer, Framing, Medicare Buy In, Health Care Reform, Bernie Sanders, Socialism, Health Insurance, Republicans, Politics News

The "public option" provision to be traded off was perhaps the only place in the bill where the rights and interests of the 'public' are publicly recognized.

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Bernie Sanders Presses For Vote On State Single-Payer Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bernie Sanders, State Single-Payer, Health Care, Senate Health Care Bill, Single-Payer, Politics News

While Democratic leaders abandoned the public option on Thursday, one senator reignited his push for an amendment that would allow states to test-pilo...

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Colbert Takes On The Federal Reserve, Says Congress Is Trying To See 'Its Fiscal Naughty Parts' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Chris Dodd, Bernie Sanders, Ben Bernanke, Business News

Count Stephen Colbert among the opponents of calls to audit the Federal Reserve. Responding to what he calls claims that the Federal Reserve is a "se...

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Where Was the Fed?

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Bernie Sanders, Ben Bernanke, Robert Greenwald, Fed, Business News

America voted last year to put the interests of ordinary people ahead of the greed of Wall Street. What they didn't bargain for was another four years for one of the key architects of the Bush economy.

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Corker Unsure Whether Bernanke Has Votes For Confirmation

Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Corker, Banking Committe, Bernanke Fed Second Term, Bernanke, Bernanke Second Term, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Second Term Fed, Sanders Bernanke Second Term, Bernanke Confirmation Hearing, Bernie Sanders, Bernanke Fed, Corker Bernanke, Politics News

Will Ben Bernanke have a second term chairing the Federal Reserve? Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), a chairman on the banking committee holding the hearing...

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Lawmakers From Both Parties Raise Concerns Over Afghan War Escalation

Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Surtax, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Economy, Troop Levels, Foreclosure Rate, David Obey, War Tax, Afghan War, House, Obama Decision, Dick Lugar, Carl Levin, Senate, Unemployment, White House, Barack Obama, Nato, Obey, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) voiced their concerns Sunday about the war in Afghanistan, it...

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Bernie Sanders: Bernanke Won't Get My Vote For Second Term (VIDEO)

Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Bernanke Second Term, Bernanke Second Term, Bernanke Sanders, Sanders No on Bernanke, Sanders Bernanke Vote, Bernie Sanders, Ben Bernanke, Politics News

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Sunday that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke would not get his vote for another five-year term. "I absolutely will not vote...

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How Big Is Too Big? Two New Bills Try To Answer That Question

nytimes.com | PETER BOONE and SIMON JOHNSON | Posted 11.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Size, Kanjorski Too Big to Fail, Paul Kanjorski, Peter Boone, Too Big to Fail, Banks, How Big Is Too Big?, Bernie Sanders, Finanical Crisis, Systemic Risk, Simon Johnson, Financial Regulation, Business News

As legislation on restructuring the banking industry moves forward, attention on Capitol Hill is increasingly drawn to the issue of bank size. Should ...

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China Buys Hummer Brand -- Further Evidence of a Shock Doctrine-Assaulted America?

Rob Kall | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Goldman Sachs, Bernie Sanders, Morgan Stanley, China, Gm, General Motors, Sherrod Brown, Dennis Kucinich, Business News

We have to wonder if the US had taken Hummer, especially with its dependence on the military version, and turned it into a government-owned operation, would the US benefit?

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Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lieberman, Public Option, Sherrod Brown, Senate Health Care Bill, Tom Carper, Health Care Reform, Mary Landrieu, Health Bill, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Roland Burris, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

While conservative members of the Democratic caucus threaten to block passage of health care reform if it includes a public health insurance option, a...

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Winning the 2010 Elections

Mike Lux | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bernie Sanders, Banking Industry, Big Banks, 2010 Elections, Too Big to Fail, Economic Populism, Politics News

If Democrats shed their caution and become fighters, for jobs and health care and the middle class, they can pull off the same kind of surprise in 2010 that we pulled off in 1998.

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Health Care for All Americans

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bernie Sanders, Public Option, Single Payer, Health Care, Politics News

In my view, the real solution to the problem of how to reform health care in this country is a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system.

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Standing on One's Principles: An Interview With Ron Reagan

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Ron Reagan is the son of a president and, weekdays on Air America, he's a voice of reason for many listeners who are trying to navigate the complexities of national and global concerns.

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Derivatives Just "A Sophisticated Form Of Gambling," U.S. Senators Say; Propose Bill Allowing State Gambling Laws To Apply

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Ron Wyden, Cftc, Financial Reform, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Maria Cantwell, Derivatives Regulation, Preemption, Bernie Sanders, Financial Regulation, Gambling, Financial Crisis, Gary Gensler, Business News

In describing the complex and little-understood world of derivatives trading as "a sophisticated form of gambling," three U.S. Senators proposed legis...

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Too Big To Fail - Too Big To Exist

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Corporate Greed, Too Big to Fail, Bernie Sanders, Financial Crisis, Business News

If any of the four largest financial institutions were to get into major trouble again, taxpayers would be on the hook for another massive bailout. We cannot let that happen.

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Exclusive: Sanders Tackles Too Big To Fail In Two Pages

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sanders Proposal, Sanders Too Big to Fail, Sanders Exclusive, Sanders Legislation, Two Pages Too Big to Fail, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced new legislation on Friday that should, he claims, solve the phenomenon of massive and failing financial insti...

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The Environment and the Economy

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Senate, Climate Change, Bernie Sanders, Green Jobs, Global Warming, Green News

As we struggle with this economic crisis, it is imperative that we create millions of good-paying jobs. And the interesting thing here is that good environmental policy is good economic policy.

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Health Care Reform

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Care, Bernie Sanders, Senate, Medicare, Single Payer, Politics News

I am going to continue the fight for single-payer. I am cautiously optimistic that we may end up with legislation that will allow states to go forward with single-payer if they want to.

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Sanders Begs Obama: Help Keep Dems United Against A GOP Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, President Obama Health Care Reform, Sanders Obama, Sanders Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

President Obama should lobby individual Senate Democrats to make sure they don't join Republicans in filibustering health care reform, Sen. Bernie San...

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Bernie Sanders: The Middle Class Today Is In Desperate Shape (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Sanders Unfiltered, Wall Street Executive, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Middle Class, Vermont, Bernie Sanders Unfiltered, Financial Crisis, Bernie Sanders, Wall Street Bonuses, Sanders, Politics News

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) was on fire in his weekly YouTube video, "Senator Sanders Unfiltered." "The reality is that the middle class today ...

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The Dow and the Down and Out

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Brave New Films, Bernie Sanders, Dow Jones, Economy, Senator Sanders Unfiltered, Unemployment, Stock Market, Business News

The top 1 percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

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War and Peace

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Bernie Sanders, Nobel Peace Prize, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Barack Obama, World News

Americans should be proud that we have a president who is restoring respect for our country around the globe. This well-deserved prize is an inspiration.

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Maddow, Bernie Sanders Highlight Contradictions In Congress Targeting ACORN (VIDEO)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rachel Maddow, Video, Acorn, Acorn Rachel Maddow, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

When Congress rushed to stop sending federal money to ACORN in the wake of the prostitution scandal involving a few of their employees, Republicans wr...

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Michael Moore & Me

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bernie Sanders, Socialism, Capitalism, Michael Moore, Capitalism: A Love Story, Politics News

Capitalism helps create an entrepreneurial spirit. But on the other hand, especially since the Reagan era, what we have seen in this country is an unfettered type of cowboy capitalism.

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