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The battle over Social Security and Medicare has been resurrected in House and Senate races across the country, with candidates and their allies stretching the truth as they squabble with opponents about who would inflict the most damage on the nation's seniors. The scrap has worked its way into candidate debates, mailers and television ads — and prompted one senator's unsuccessful quest to have an attack ad pulled off the air. For both parties, the messaging in congressional races echoes that in the presidential race, where Republicans are hammering President Obama over the healthcare reform law he pushed through Congress, and Democrats are blasting Mitt Romney over his support for the budget proposal drafted by Rep.
Medicare fight hits House, Senate races - TheHill.com
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Stop the Nuclear Industry Welfare Program
The US is facing a $15 trillion national debt, and there is no shortage of opinions about how to move toward deficit reduction in the federal budget. One topic you will not hear discussed very often on Capitol Hill is the idea of ending one of the oldest American welfare programmes - the extraordinary amount of corporate welfare going to the nuclear energy industry. Many in Congress talk of getting "big government off the back of private industry".
Bernie Sanders Opens up a Can of Whoop Ass on GOP Oligarchs
In response to Buffett Rule being blocked by Senate Republicans, Bernie Sanders opened up a can on the GOP and connected the dots between Citizens United and taxing the rich.
Cardin calls for crackdown on oil speculation - The Star Democrat: Election 2012
WASHINGTON U.S. Sen.A Senate procedural vote on postal reform, which lawmakers and aides expected as soon as Monday, likely will occur in the middle of the week, according to senior staffers in the chamber. The latest hang-up for the Senate’s bipartisan postal reform bill comes as Republicans are poised to support a Monday procedural motion that would allow the Senate to debate a measure that would end tax breaks used by the oil industry. With hours of debate now expected on the oil bill, aides say they expect the Senate to finish consideration of the postal measure after lawmakers return to Washington in mid-April from a two-week recess.
Senate prepared to push back postal reform vote - The Hill's On The Money
Several Senate Democrats are seeking a vote on plans that would force commodities regulators to quickly limit “excessive” speculation in oil futures markets that the lawmakers say is pushing gasoline prices upward. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 10 Democrats want to attach the measure to legislation up for debate this week that would repeal billions of dollars' worth of oil-industry tax breaks.
Sanders, Dems push oil speculation vote on tax bill - The Hill's E2-Wire
I've watched his TV show periodically. And I can tell you that I come away with the idea that Jim Cramer is load and very over-opinionated....
Senator Bernie Sanders - I wish he was MY United State Senator
Al Franken presses for crackdown on oil speculators | The State Column
In response to recent reports that excessive oil speculation adds 56 cents per gallon to what consumers in Minnesota and across the country pay at the gas pump, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) today introduced legislation to bring down gas prices by cracking down on oil speculators.
My March 6 column about gasoline prices prompted some conversation, not all of it involving name calling.
Guess who got us high gas prices - Calaveras Enterprise: Opinion: gasoline, price, commodities, consumers, commodity futures modernization act
Bernie Sanders says steps may lessen impact of postal cuts | Burlington Free Press | burlingtonfreepress.com
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders said he and other senators are making progress in terms of protecting rural post offices and limiting the number of mail processing plants to be shut down. The postal service announced late last month that 223 mail processing facilities, including the processing plant at White River Junction, have been designated for closure or consolidation as part of a plan to save $20 billion by 2015.With gas prices near record highs across the country, U.S.
News | NEW: Whitehouse, Sanders Hold Hearing on Military Investments in Clean Energy
Senate Support Grows for Older Americans Act Renewal WASHINGTON, March 28 – Chairman Bernie Sanders was joined today by 14 other senators in calling for reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, the landmark law that supports Meals on Wheels and other programs for seniors. Sanders (I-Vt.) and other supportive senators addressed a Capitol Hill briefing hosted by the National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging.