Sen Bernie Sanders

An Idea To Fix Killer Costs Of Lifesaving Drugs

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.19.2012

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is promoting a new plan to encourage the development of better, cheaper prescription drugs: an innovation fu...

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Corporate Personhood on Trial

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Corporate Personhood, Citizens United v. FEC, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Politics News

A corporation is a business structure for individuals to run a business and to share in profits and losses. The rights and responsibilities of a corporation are independent and distinct from the people who own or invest in them.

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Update: 99er Alexandra Jarrin is Thankful, Yet Fearful and Losing Hope

Michael Thornton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Letters to Bernie, Jobless, Unemployed, Long-Term Unemployed, Unemployment, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Homelessness, Unemployment Benefits, 99ers, Alexandra Jarrin, Impact News

A number of readers asked for an Alexandra update. It pains me to say that Alexandra's situation is still very difficult; she is days from being homeless and her health is worsening.

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Alexandra Jarrin Organized Letter Writing Campaign For Unemployed, Now Nearly Homeless

Michael Thornton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless, Letter to Bernie, Long-Term Unemployed, Unemployed, Joe Biden, 99ers, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Unemployment Benefits, Alexandra Jarrin, Impact News

During that December 2010 campaign, Ms. Jarrin's life was stressful, but she had a place to live and was hoping for better days ahead. Unfortunately, those better days have yet to materialize in 2011.

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Bernie Sanders Rallies Activists To Sink Obama's Tax Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told thousands of Americans that if Republicans "run over us now, there is no stopping these guys," and called on...

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Bernie Sanders On Tax Cuts: GOP Wants To Grow National Debt, Then Slash Social Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Tax Cuts, Tax Plan, Bernie Sanders, Tax Package, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday that if Democrats cede ground on the tax package now, it will come back to haunt them in the 11...

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Senator: Why Fed Aid To Foreign Automakers?

Free Press | Todd Spangler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Automaker Bailout, Fed Aid Foreign Automakers, Foreign Automaker Aid, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont wants to know why the Federal Reserve spent billions of dollars helping foreign-based automakers during t...

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Bernie Sanders Blasts Tax Cut Deal

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) appeared disgusted Monday over a recently reached deal between the White House and Republicans that would allow the Bush t...

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Social Security Advocates Slam Debt Commission's 'Regressive' Proposal, Join Bernie Sanders In Crafting Progressive Alternative

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Social Security advocates have been quick to come out against the proposal released Wednesday by the co-chairs of President Barack Obama...

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Dems Line Up To Back Elizabeth Warren, 'She Predicted What Was Going To Happen'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. Jackie Speier, Warren, Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Tom Harkin, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street Reform, Bernie Sanders, Professor Elizabeth Warren, Politics News

Democratic lawmakers are lining up to back the appointment of Elizabeth Warren to head the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Sens. T...

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Democrats Let the Tail Wag the Dog, Fail to Make the Best Case for Reform

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Best Case Health Care Reform, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Medicare-for-All, Rep. Alan Grayson, Senate Candidate Andrew Romanoff, Blue Dogs, Pre-Existing Conditions, Tail Wagging the Dog, Denver News

Why haven't Democrats advocated the best case for reform, also the simplest to define and legislate, improving and extending Medicare to all?

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