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19 Examples of Bernie Sanders' Powerful Record on Civil and Human Rights (Original Post) snagglepuss Apr 2016 OP
I love that hillary's fans are still feigning ignorance about this stuff. vintx Apr 2016 #1
There is also a RW meme that Sanders never got anything done in, perhaps the GOP started the rumor? Dragonfli Apr 2016 #2
 

vintx

(1,748 posts)
1. I love that hillary's fans are still feigning ignorance about this stuff.
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 03:56 PM
Apr 2016

At least I hope it's feigned.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
2. There is also a RW meme that Sanders never got anything done in, perhaps the GOP started the rumor?
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 04:51 PM
Apr 2016

The GOP implication appears to be that even with all his years of public service, a progressive like Bernie Sanders was too far to the left to accomplish anything.

That one has to be able to find the buypartisan way, in other words, adopt the least offensive GOP legislation as your own if you wish to accomplish anything, if one is not a member of the Republican party itself. The problem with this bullshit is that it is completely false, he's actually one of the most effective members of Congress, passing bills, of all sizes and shapes, that have reshaped American policy on key issues like poverty, the environment and health care.

[center][font size=3"]The Amendment King[/font][/center]

....Congress is not known to be a progressive institution lately, to say the least. Over the past few decades, the House of Representatives was only controlled by the Democrats from 2007 to 2010, and a flood of corporate money has quieted the once-powerful progressive movement that passed legislation moving the country forward between the New Deal era and the Great Society. Yet, as difficult as it may be to believe, a socialist from Vermont is one of its most accomplished members. ....

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....Sanders did something particularly original, which was that he passed amendments that were exclusively progressive, advancing goals such as reducing poverty and helping the environment, and he was able to get bipartisan coalitions of Republicans who wanted to shrink government or hold it accountable and progressives who wanted to use it to empower Americans.

Here are a few examples of the amendments Sanders passed by building unusual but effective coalitions:....


[font color="red"]Much more, but due to the three paragraph rule you will have to follow this link[/font]

There are so many examples in fact that you really need to read the entire article as it completely dispels this current GOP myth that Bernie Sanders after all his time in Congress achieved almost nothing, when in fact he was literally one of the most effective member of Congress! read the facts in the article itself, clearly the GOP is spreading lies about him...
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