Bernie Sanders Defends Social Security
Jul 10, 2011 In a news release from the office of Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator criticizes suggestions made by officials that Social Security is eligible for the cutting block in deficit negotiations between President Obama and congressional Republicans. (more)
Bernie Sanders Goes After the Oil Industry
Jun 17, 2011 Our favorite senator has had enough of "Wall Street speculators" jacking up oil prices. Here he tells radio host Ian Masters about his legislative attack plan.‘Daily Show’: Bernie Sanders, No Chaser
Apr 29, 2011 Yes, Wednesday night's "Daily Show" skewering of the Trump vs. Obama birtherversy was funny. You can watch it here. We'd rather focus on a more substantial segment from that show, featuring straight-shooting Sen. Bernie Sanders.
New Data Show Extent of Fed’s Free Money Programs
Dec 2, 2010 Thanks to Bernie Sanders and the new financial regulation passed by Congress, we’re learning more about the Federal Reserve’s $33 trillion bailout of Wall Street in 2008 It turns out the Fed lent money (more).Obama and the Progressive Paradox
Sep 30, 2010 A couple of hours before President Obama offered a boffo revival of his 2008 campaign persona during a boisterous rally at the University of Wisconsin, Sen. Bernie Sanders was analyzing why the president was in a political pickle in the first place.Senate Gives the Go-Ahead for Fed Lending Probe
May 12, 2010 When big financial institutions got themselves into a serious pickle in the fall of 2008, the Federal Reserve was there with beaucoup bucks in loans to prop them up. On Tuesday, the Senate voted unanimously to launch an inquiry into the Fed's lending practices during the financial crisis.Sanders Lets Fly at GOP Senators
Dec 17, 2009 Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, was far from pleased with certain of his Republican colleagues Wednesday when his attempt to add a single-payer amendment to the Senate's health care reform legislation was met with stonewalling tactics from his GOP peers. Here, he lets it rip, slamming what he calls their bid "to bring the U.S. government to a halt."Hi Ho, American Capitalism
Oct 3, 2009 What's wrong with the American economic system? That's what "Capitalism: A Love Story" auteur Michael Moore wants to know, and Sen. Bernie Sanders is on hand to answer him in his latest installment of Brave New Films' "Senator Sanders Unfiltered" series. (Hint: It has something to do with "an unfettered, cowboy-type capitalism" that stems largely from the Reagan era.)Sen. Sanders Unfiltered: Wall Street Off the Rails
Aug 11, 2009 In this installment of Brave New Films' "Senator Sanders Unfiltered," the independent federal legislator from Vermont points out what's becoming hard to dispute or ignore, however much other members of Congress might do both: Wall Street, along with the pharmaceutical and insurance industries, practically runs Washington.
Bernie Sanders Wants Answers, Writes Legislation to Get Them
Mar 4, 2009 Fed chief Ben Bernanke may be able to dole out trillions in the blink of an eye, but on Tuesday he ran headlong into Congress' only independent democratic socialist. Sen. Bernie Sanders demanded to know where all the Fed's money was going. Bernanke said "no." Sanders fired back by introducing a bill that would require such information to be posted to the Fed's Web site.
