Bernie Sanders, a former Socialist, is a registered Independent, but he always votes with the Democrats.
CNN: Jonathan Karl: Senator Jeffords likely to change to Independent
Vermont's Bernie Sanders, an independent, voted to organize the Senate for the Democrats, to no surprise.
The two Independent Senators, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), voted in support of the proposal.
His amendment received every Republican vote but it was defeated with 55 Democrats (plus Socialist Bernie Sanders) voting no.
Senator BERNIE SANDERS (Independent, Vermont): Well, I think any sane human being has got to be concerned about climate change.
One notion not in this bill but proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders (Socialist--Vt.) would cap credit card interest rates at 15%.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, for example, has said that he will attempt to block the nomination when it comes to a vote.
The last talking filibuster was by Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, who spoke for more than eight hours against a tax bill in 2010.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently introduced an amendment to block chained CPI.
Bernie Sanders of Vermont, said December 2 that he plans to place a "hold" on Bernanke's nomination for a second term once it leaves the Banking Committee.
The employers' group is adamantly opposed, for example, to a proposal by Rep. Bernie Sanders , (I-Vt.) backed by the Communications Workers of America, AARP and AFL-CIO.
Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor to make the case against deepening the deficit and widening the income gap in America by extending Bush-era tax breaks for the very wealthy.
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Bernie Sanders, Nick Naylor is calling your office.
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To folks like Bernie Sanders, the question of tax incidence seems to boil down to a question of multiplication: assume that incomes will remain constant as the tax rates increase, then just give the government its extra 5% or 10%.
The expectation is that, because Vermont is such a strongly Democratic state, leaving the Republican Party probably won't hurt him all that much back in his home state--at least that's what most people familiar with Vermont politics believe, including, by the way Representative Bernie Sanders, who is Vermont's independent member of the House of Represenatives.
CNN: Jonathan Karl: Senator Jeffords likely to change to Independent
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