Bernie Sanders had this to offer to the health care debate: There’s a back story to the town meeting protests. The health care industry in America is doing everything it can tostop reform. Incredibly, it has spent $130 million just in the last quarter trying to influence Congress. The Washington Post has reported that $1.4 [...]
Tags: astroturf, Bernie-Sanders, Chris Van Hollen, Chuck-Schumer, debate, donation, healthcare, insurance, jim clyburn, John Larson, lobbyist, nancy pelosi, patty-murray, pharmaceuticals, pharmas, steny hoyer, un-american
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October 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Nancy Pelosi famously denied Democrats had any responsibility for the financial crisis that we are dealing with right now. She stills sticks with that fantasy. However, I don’t think too many people believe her. Today the Washingtonwatch blog listed the members of Congress who voted for the 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act which allowed trading credit [...]
Tags: Anthony Weiner, barbara lee, Bart Stupak, Barton Gordon, Bennie Thompson, Bob-Etheridge, Bobby Rush, Brad Sherman, Brian-Baird, Carl-Levin, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Carolyn Maloney, Carolyn McCarthy, Charles Gonzalez, Charles Rangel, Ciro Rodriguez, Collin Peterson, consolidated appropriations act, credit default swaps, Dale Kildee, danny-davis, Darlene Hooley, David Wu, David-Obey, Dennis Moore, derivatives, Diana DeGette, Donald Payne, Earl-Pomeroy, Eddie Johnson, Edolphus Towns, Edward Markey, Edward Pastor, Elijah Cummings, Eliot Engel, Ellen Tauscher, F. Boyd, Frank Pallone, Frank-Lautenberg, Frederick Boucher, Gene Taylor, Gregory Meeks, ike-skelton, Jack-Reed, James Clyburn, James McGovern, Janice Schakowsky, Jay Rockefeller, jerrold-nadler, Jerry Costello, jesse-jackson, Joe Baca, joe-biden, John Dingell, John Larson, John Lewis, John Murtha, John Olver, John Spratt, John Tanner, John Tierney, john-kerry, José Serrano, Joseph Crowley, Lloyd Doggett, Lois Capps, Louise Slaughter, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Lynn Woolsey, Marcy Kaptur, Mark Udall, Mary-Landrieu, Maurice Hinchey, Max-Baucus, Melvin Watt, Michael Capuano, Michael Doyle, Michael McNulty, Mike-McIntyre, nancy pelosi, Neil Abercrombie, Nicholas Lampson, Nick Rahall, Nita Lowey, Norman Dicks, Nydia Velazquez, Patrick Kennedy, Paul Kanjorski, Peter Visclosky, Raymond Green, Richard Neal, Richard-Durbin, Robert Andrews, Robert Brady, Robert Cramer, Robert Scott, Robert Wexler, Rosa DeLauro, Rubén Hinojosa, Sander Levin, Sanford Bishop, sheila-jackson-lee, Shelley Berkley, Silvestre Reyes, steny hoyer, Steven Rothman, tammy-baldwin, Thomas Allen, Tim Holden, Tim Johnson, Tom Udall, Tom-Harkin, william jefferson, William Pascrell, Xavier Becerra
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