Elizabeth Warren BLASTS Wall Street SWEETHEART DEAL In Spending Bill

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THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!

Republicans planning another future looting................



Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not happy about the plan to weaken regulation of big banks that Republicans managed to insert in the spending bill. She's so not happy, in fact, that she's calling on Democrats to oppose the overall bill unless that provision is removed:

“Who does Congress work for?” Warren said in a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon. “Does it work for the millionaires, the billionaires, the giant companies with their armies of lobbyists and lawyers, or does it work for all the people?” [...]

“Now, the House of Representatives is about to show us the worst of government for the rich and powerful,” she continued. “The House is about to vote on a budget deal, a deal negotiated behind closed doors that slips in a provision that would let derivatives traders on Wall Street gamble with taxpayer money and get bailed out by the government when their risky bets threaten to blow up our financial system.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/elizabeth-warren-budget-bill-opposition-113470.html

We've seen that one before, and it led to a giant economic crash. You might remember it. Shoot, you might still be unemployed after losing your job as a result of it. Congressional Democrats are right to want to pass a bill to keep the government open. But that doesn't mean Republicans should be able to get any old terrible thing they ask for and set our economy up for further domination by Wall Street.



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/10/1350800/-Elizabeth-Warren-blasts-Wall-Street-sweetheart-deal-in-spending-bill

[AtomicKitten]

1. Elizabeth is the leader this country needs.

k and r

[NYC_SKP]

2. Yes, she is. Enough of the nonsense.

Seriously, I will puke if we see another Clinton or Bush.

[VanillaRhapsody]

7. then I suggest not eating after OUR Primary...

[NYC_SKP]

9. If she runs and if she wins we'll have a Republican for sure.

That's not worth the risk.

Even if she wins the white house, we get nothing.

[VanillaRhapsody]

10. No we won't and if YOU cannot see the difference...EVEN today..YOU are part of the problem!

there is a HUGE difference between a Liberal Democrat like Hillary and a Republican...

and don't dare try to say she isn't because I will blow that away with facts!

[Doctor_J]

14. He didn't say there is no difference

He said that either way we get nothing. Which is true

[VanillaRhapsody]

15. Yeah he did...she is FAR from a Republican AND I can prove that unequivocally...which IS true!

and are you going to suggest we got NOTHING from Obama too? She is to the left of him you know that right? Because I can prove THAT too!

[paleotn]

27. On social issues, yes.....

on economic issues, she's a fascist as Mitt the Twit.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-helping-hillary-clinton-stand-up-to-wall-street/2014/10/30/2765a1fa-604f-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html

Loves her some Wall Street she does....and they don't shell out that kind of cash without expecting significant returns. And if that means economically F'ing the rest of us, that's a small price for Hill to pay.

[Katashi_itto]

32. +10000 I won't vote 3rd Way.

[VanillaRhapsody]

48. overall...PERIOD.

[Doctor_J]

47. She already bragged about how she will be even friendlier than Obama to the Repukes

And announced that single payer health care will be off the table if she's president.

[VanillaRhapsody]

49. Are you suggesting I don't have proof?

Strongly Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)

Lift ban on stem cell research to cure devastating diseases: Favors topic 1
Respect Roe v. Wade, but make adoptions easier too: Favors topic 1
Alternatives to pro-choice like forced pregnancy in Romania: Strongly Favors topic 1
Must safeguard constitutional rights, including choice: Favors topic 1
Remain vigilant on a woman’s right to chose: Favors topic 1
Keep abortion safe, legal and rare: Favors topic 1
Being pro-choice is not being pro-abortion: Favors topic 1
Supports parental notice & family planning: Opposes topic 1
No abortion for sex selection in China: Opposes topic 1
Voted liberal line on partial birth & harm to fetus: Favors topic 1
Endorsed Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women: Favors topic 1
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1
Expand embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1
Sponsored bill providing contraceptives for low-income women: Favors topic 1
Sponsored bill for emergency contraception for rape victims: Favors topic 1
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1
Provide emergency contraception at military facilities: Favors topic 1
Ensure access to and funding for contraception: Favors topic 1
Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception: Favors topic 1
NO on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP: Favors topic 1
NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life: Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime: Favors topic 1
YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives: Favors topic 1
NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions: Favors topic 1
YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Favors topic 1

Strongly Favors topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Some world leaders are still misogynistic: Favors topic 2
Some world leaders are still misogynistic: Favors topic 2
We’ve come a long way on race, but we have a long way to go: Strongly Favors topic 2
Apologize for slavery, but concentrate on civil rights now: Favors topic 2
Human rights are women’s rights: Neutral on topic 2
Women’s rights are human rights: Favors topic 2
OpEd: "18 million cracks" meant "lingering sexism": Strongly Favors topic 2
Equal pay is not yet equal: Strongly Favors topic 2
1988: Instituted gender diversity Report Card within ABA: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Argued with Bill Clinton about diluting affirmative action: Strongly Favors topic 2
Shift from group preferences to economic empowerment of all: Neutral on topic 2
Sponsored bill maintaining role of women in armed forces: Favors topic 2
Rated 96% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Favors topic 2
Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery: Strongly Favors topic 2
Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2
Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements: Favors topic 2
Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue: Favors topic 2
Sponsored bill enforcing against gender pay discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 2

Strongly Favors topic 3:
Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)

Increase America’s commitment against Global AIDS: Favors topic 3
I re-evaluated & changed my mind on gay marriage: Favors topic 3
DOMA discrimination holds us back from a more perfect union: Strongly Favors topic 3
I support gay marriage personally and as law: Strongly Favors topic 3
Let states decide gay marriage; they’re ahead of feds: Favors topic 3
2004:defended traditional marriage; 2006:voted for same-sex: Strongly Favors topic 3
Federal Marriage Amendment would be terrible step backwards: Favors topic 3
Gays deserve domestic partnership benefits: Strongly Favors topic 3
Military service based on conduct, not sexual orientation: Favors topic 3
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
Rated 89% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 3
Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees: Strongly Favors topic 3
YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3

No opinion on topic 4:
Keep God in the public sphere
(0 points on Social scale)

Partner with faith based community in empowerment zones: Strongly Favors topic 4
Tap into churches to avoid more Louima & Diallo cases: Favors topic 4
Community involvement helps, but only in short term: Favors topic 4
Link payments to good parenting behavior: Opposes topic 4
Allow student prayer, but no religious instruction: Opposes topic 4
Character education: teach empathy & self-discipline: Favors topic 4
Change what kids see in the media: Favors topic 4
Co-sponsored bill to criminalize flag-burning: Favors topic 4
Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation: Strongly Opposes topic 4
NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration: Opposes topic 4

Strongly Favors topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Outcry if AIDS were leading disease of young whites: Favors topic 5
Lower costs and improve quality and cover everybody: Strongly Favors topic 5
Supply more medical needs of families, & insure all children: Strongly Favors topic 5
Medicare should be strengthened today: Favors topic 5
Smaller steps to progress on health care: Favors topic 5
Guaranteed benefits & focus on prevention: Neutral on topic 5
2006: If I can't do universal coverage, why run?: Strongly Favors topic 5
Universal health care will not work if it is voluntary: Strongly Favors topic 5
Universal health care coverage by the end of my second term: Strongly Favors topic 5
We need a uniquely American solution to health care: Favors topic 5
Health care initiatives are her first priority in Senate: Strongly Favors topic 5
Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care: Favors topic 5
Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage: Favors topic 5
Let states make bulk Rx purchases, and other innovations: Opposes topic 5
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5
Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn: Strongly Favors topic 5
NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium: Favors topic 5
NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Favors topic 5
NO on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit: Opposes topic 5
YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics: Favors topic 5
YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug: Strongly Favors topic 5
YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D: Favors topic 5
NO on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000: Opposes topic 5
YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Favors topic 5
YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare: Favors topic 5

Strongly Opposes topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)

1997: Hillary warned against privatizing Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Soc.Sec. one of greatest inventions in American democracy: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Social Security protects families, not just retirees: Strongly Opposes topic 6
All should join the debate now to preserve future solvency: Opposes topic 6
Create Retirement Savings Accounts: Favors topic 6
Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6
NO on establishing reserve funds & pre-funding for Social Security: Opposes topic 6

Strongly Opposes topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)

OpEd: Common Core recycled from Clintons in 1980s and 1990s: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Fully fund special education & 21st century classrooms: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Supports public school choice; but not private nor parochial: Opposes topic 7
Vouchers drain money from public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Fight with Gore for public schools; no voucher “gimmicks”: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Charter schools provide choice within public system: Opposes topic 7
Vouchers siphon off much-needed resources: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Parents can choose, but support public schools: Opposes topic 7
Supports public school choice and charter schools: Favors topic 7
Solemn vow never to abandon our public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice: Opposes topic 7
Rated 82% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7
YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7
YES on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7
YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies: Opposes topic 7

Strongly Opposes topic 8:
No 'rights' to clean air and water
(+5 points on Social scale)

$5B for green-collar jobs in economic stimulus package: Opposes topic 8
Voted against and consistently opposed to Yucca Mountain: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Scored 100% on Humane Society Scorecard on animal protection: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Remove PCBs from Hudson River by dredging 200 miles: Opposes topic 8
Rated 89% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 8
EPA must do better on mercury clean-up: Opposes topic 8
Grants for beach water pollution under Clean Water Act: Opposes topic 8
Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8

Opposes topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)

Longtime advocate of death penalty, with restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 9
Address the unacceptable increase in incarceration: Opposes topic 9
Mandatory sentences have been too widely used: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Give kids after-school activities to prevent gangs: Opposes topic 9
Spend more time with kids to prevent violence: Opposes topic 9
Supports citizen patrols & 3-Strikes-You’re-Out: Favors topic 9
Supports “Three Strikes” and more prison: Strongly Favors topic 9
End hate crimes and other intolerance: Favors topic 9
Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 9
Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program: Opposes topic 9
Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance: Strongly Opposes topic 9
YES on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program: Opposes topic 9

Strongly Opposes topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Rein in idea that anybody can have a gun anywhere, anytime: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Against illegal guns, crack down on illegal gun dealers: Opposes topic 10
Get assault weapons & guns off the street: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Background check system could prevent Virginia Tech massacre: Opposes topic 10
Congress’ failure at Littleton response inspired Senate run: Opposes topic 10
Limit access to weapons; look for early warning signs: Opposes topic 10
License and register all handgun sales: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Gun control protects our children: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Don’t water down sensible gun control legislation: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Lock up guns; store ammo separately: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Get weapons off the streets; zero tolerance for weapons: Opposes topic 10
Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology: Opposes topic 10
NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers: Strongly Opposes topic 10

Strongly Favors topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Rescind tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 a year: Strongly Favors topic 11
Pay down debt & cut taxes within balanced budget: Favors topic 11
GOP tax plan would hurt New York’s students: Favors topic 11
Rated 21% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11
Rated 80% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on allowing AMT reduction without budget offset: Favors topic 11
YES on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates: Favors topic 11
YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction: Favors topic 11
NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11
YES on $47B for military by repealing capital gains tax cut: Favors topic 11
YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11
NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax: Strongly Favors topic 11

Favors topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale)

Introduce a path to earn citizenship in the first 100 days: Strongly Favors topic 12
Consider halting certain raids on illegal immigrant families: Favors topic 12
Deporting all illegal immigrants is unrealistic: Strongly Favors topic 12
Illegal immigrants with driver’s licenses puts them at risk: Opposes topic 12
Oppose granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12
More border patrolling on both Mexican AND Canadian borders: Opposes topic 12
Anti-immigrant bill would have criminalized Jesus Christ: Strongly Favors topic 12
Sanctuary cities ok; local police can’t enforce immigration: Favors topic 12
Comprehensive reform to get 12 million out of shadows: Strongly Favors topic 12
Sponsored bill covering child resident aliens under Medicaid: Favors topic 12
Sponsored bill funding social services for noncitizens: Favors topic 12
Rated 8% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities": Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on establishing a Guest Worker program: Favors topic 12
YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
YES on eliminating the "Y" nonimmigrant guestworker program: Neutral topic 12
NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government: Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on comprehensive immigration reform: Strongly Favors topic 12

Favors topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)

Chief advocate for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Strongly Favors topic 13
TPP agreement creates more growth and better growth: Favors topic 13
Smart, pro-American trade: NAFTA has hurt workers: Strongly Opposes topic 13
No fast-track authority for this president: Opposes topic 13
Defended outsourcing of US jobs to India: Favors topic 13
1980s: Loved Wal-Mart's "Buy America" program: Opposes topic 13
Globalization should not substitute for humanization: Opposes topic 13
Supports MFN for China, despite concerns over human rights: Strongly Favors topic 13
Build a rule-based global trading system: Favors topic 13
Rated 17% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 13
YES on removing common goods from national security export rules: Favors topic 13
YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam: Favors topic 13
NO on extending free trade to Andean nations: Strongly Opposes topic 13
YES on establishing free trade between US & Singapore: Favors topic 13
YES on establishing free trade between the US and Chile: Favors topic 13
NO on implementing CAFTA for Central America free-trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13
YES on free trade agreement with Oman: Strongly Favors topic 13

Opposes topic 14:
Maintain US sovereignty from UN
(-3 points on Economic scale)

US support & no-fly zone, but UN troops on ground in Darfur: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Support UN reform because US benefits: Opposes topic 14
Engage in world affairs, including human rights: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Keep Cuban embargo; pay UN bills: Opposes topic 14
2002 Iraq speech criticized both Saddam and U.N.: Opposes topic 14
2002: Attacking Iraq "not a good option" but authorized it: Favors topic 14
Urged President to veto UN condemnation of Israel: Favors topic 14
Voted against Levin Amendment: it gave UN veto over US: Favors topic 14
Dems believe in fighting terror with cooperation: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror: Opposes topic 14
YES on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees: Strongly Opposes topic 14
YES on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods: Strongly Opposes topic 14
NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 14

No opinion on topic 15:
Expand the military
(0 points on Social scale)

There is no safe haven for the terrorists: Favors topic 15
Our troops are stretched; so increase size of military: Favors topic 15
Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11: Favors topic 15
Improve mental health care benefits for returning veterans: Favors topic 15
YES on requiring on-budget funding for Iraq, not emergency funding: Opposes topic 15
YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months: Opposes topic 15

Strongly Favors topic 16:
More enforcement of the right to vote
(+5 points on Social scale)

Presidents should reveal donations to their foundations: Strongly Favors topic 16
Voter suppression revives old demons of discrimination: Favors topic 16
Stand for public financing and getting money out of politics: Strongly Favors topic 16
Move to public election financing, not banning lobbyists: Strongly Favors topic 16
Verified paper ballot for every electronic voting machines: Favors topic 16
Called for ban on all soft money in 2000 campaign: Favors topic 16
Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting: Favors topic 16
YES on banning campaign donations from unions & corporations: Favors topic 16
YES on banning "soft money" contributions and restricting issue ads: Favors topic 16
NO on establishing the Senate Office of Public Integrity: Opposes topic 16
NO on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress: Strongly Favors topic 16

Favors topic 17:
Stay out of Iran
(+2 points on Social scale)

OpEd: More aggressive than most Dems on foreign policy: Opposes topic 17
Smartest strategic choice is peace: Favors topic 17
Extend peace treaties to Palestinians, Syrians & Lebanese: Favors topic 17
Foreign aid spending is only 1%; lead by remaining engaged: Strongly Favors topic 17
Up to the Iraqis to decide the future they will have: Favors topic 17
Demand Bush to explain to Congress on his plan on Iraq: Favors topic 17
Deauthorize Iraq war, and don’t grant new war authority: Strongly Favors topic 17
Phased redeployment out of Iraq, beginning immediately: Strongly Favors topic 17
Withdraw troops within 60 days after taking office: Strongly Favors topic 17
Voted for Iraq war based on available info; now would not: Favors topic 17
Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence: Favors topic 17
No troop surge: no military escalation in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17
Require Congress' approval before military action in Iran: Favors topic 17
YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17
NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007: Strongly Opposes topic 17
YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008: Strongly Favors topic 17

Strongly Favors topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)

$100B per year by 2020 for climate change mitigation: Strongly Favors topic 18
$100B per year by 2020 for climate change mitigation: Strongly Favors topic 18
Remove energy dependence on countries who would harm us: Strongly Favors topic 18
Stands for clean air and funding the EPA: Favors topic 18
Reduce air pollution to improve children’s health: Favors topic 18
Ratify Kyoto; more mass transit: Strongly Favors topic 18
Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18
Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances: Strongly Favors topic 18
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence: Favors topic 18
Designate sensitive ANWR area as protected wilderness: Favors topic 18
Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18
Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards: Strongly Favors topic 18
Gas tax holiday for the summer: Opposes topic 18
NO on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill: Favors topic 18
YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%): Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Favors topic 18
YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning: Favors topic 18
YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Favors topic 18

Opposes topic 19:
Never legalize marijuana
(+2 points on Social scale)

Medical marijuana now; wait-and-see on recreational pot: Opposes topic 19
Medical marijuana maybe ok; states decide recreational use: Opposes topic 19
Divert non-violent drug offenders away from prison: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Address drug problem with treatment and special drug courts: Strongly Opposes topic 19
End harsher sentencing for crack vs. powder cocaine: Opposes topic 19
Require chemical resellers to certify against meth use: Favors topic 19

Strongly Favors topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Wealthy should go back to paying pre-Bush tax rates: Favors topic 20
Want to restore the tax rates we had in the ‘90s: Favors topic 20
Help people facing foreclosure; don’t just bail-out banks: Strongly Favors topic 20
Minimum wage increases haven’t kept up with Congress’ wages: Strongly Favors topic 20
Co-sponsored bills totaling $502B in spending thru 2005: Strongly Favors topic 20
End Bush tax cuts;take things away from rich for common good: Favors topic 20
Social issues matter; wrong time for tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 20
Use tax dollars to upgrade infrastructure, not for stadium: Strongly Favors topic 20
America can afford to raise the minimum wage: Strongly Favors topic 20
Just Say No to GOP tax plan: Strongly Favors topic 20
YES on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million: Strongly Favors topic 20

[VanillaRhapsody]

50. so much more...

Hillary Clinton is a Hard-Core Liberal.
http://ontheissues.org/hillary_clinton.htm



Barack Obama is a Hard-Core Liberal.
http://www.ontheissues.org/barack_obama.htm

[Doctor_J]

51. .

Yeah, that's proof alright.

[Plucketeer]

62. Then how DID we end up with Obama?

And go back and watch some of Obama's '07 serenades. Tell me just how strictly his promises matched his deeds. COULDN'T find ANY reasons to prosecute on Wall St.??? Couldn't seem to find comfortable enough shoes to use in Wisconsin??? Seems to have had SERIOUS amnesia about the merits of single-payer health care. His efforts to bring those promises to reality were pitifully half-farted. OH! and we're STILL in Iraq and Afghanistan!
I say it was a contest of liars - one liar out-lying the other. John Edwards paid more homage to the impoverished than the other two combined. Of course, he was a liar too. Hillary will carry on in the Obama tradition with maybe a TADD less overturisms to try and woo the corporational party. Of course, not ever having met a bank she doesn't like, I guarantee she'll have the flexibility of a sheet of rubber.
Hillary in the White House - we KNOW who's going to be the unacknowledged VP and chief of staff. The TPP will only have to get close to the Oval Office to wear her signature - after which, any other "good deeds" will be basically useless.

Elizabeth and Sanders are the only two true breaths of fresh air as far as possible White House contenders.

[beerandjesus]

60. True and obvious.

+1

[Segami]

11. By your response...

OUR primary is nothing more than orchestrated theater, irrelevant and a rubber-stamping of Hillary's nomination?


Then why have a primary?......

[VanillaRhapsody]

12. because if you won't vote for whomever wins OUR Primary Election.....then you are not one of us...

that's why....

It would make you by default a Left Leaning Independent...thus OUR Primary....

[paleotn]

28. horse hockey (nt)

[VanillaRhapsody]

44. Nope...not horse hockey at all...

Independent == Not dependable....hence Independent voter....

[RiverNoord]

42. Apparently you have a very particular perspective on 'us.'

Even people who strongly favor a particular political party should not be required to vote for every candidate for office that the party selects in order to be legitimate supporters of the party.

That simply yields control of the party to the big power brokers. They steer the selection of candidates and the rank and file suckers take what they're given. It leads to carefully calculated 'centrism' in our political candidates.

Frankly, I've already decided that, if Clinton is the Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 2016, I won't vote for her. It would be the first time in my life that I did not vote for the Democratic candidate for the office (and I sure as hell won't vote Republican). I don't like political dynasties and I think that most of her public behavior for many, many years has been carefully managed so as to avoid controversy and make all the right friends. Less of a human being than a political machine. And her (carefully) declared views on foreign and economic policy bring her much closer to the Republican than the Democratic party. At least the Democratic party I have voted for all of my life.

The fact that I and many others have made a decision like this should be considered very carefully by people like you who will vote for whomever the Democratic party selects. It would be wise to accept and understand that this will be a factor in a general election, and incorporate this into your decision-making process, rather than berating people for making their own, perfectly valid, decisions.

[VanillaRhapsody]

45. YES I DO! Those of US who ARE voting for whom WE elect in a Primary ELECTION!

That's called ....DEMOCRACY folks!

In a Democracy...you don't always get what you want.....United we stand...Divided we fall.

This "I WON'T vote unless I GET the candidate I WANT"....is weak sauce and is as spineless as any spineless Democratic politician that has ever been elected...its not about THEM....its about US!!!!

[LiberalLovinLug]

64. Did you look at what your wrote?

you write in a mocking tone: "its not about THEM....its about US!!!!"

Yes yes yes...It actually IS about US! It should NOT be about THEM, the politician that is supposed to only be our voice, our public servant.

Traditional Democrats just want a candidate that fights a little harder for Democratic values. And I'm sorry to say it, but I think Hillary will have an ever rougher ride with the Democratic base if she chooses to continue the party's march to the Right.

I think a lot of Democrat voters have held their noses last election to get Obama a second term. I think the straw pile is heaping on the top of the camel to the point where many of them are reaching their limit of how far Right they will accept a Democratic leader to bend. If Hillary, after those many quotes about issues you posted, turns out to be just like Obama, and 180's on her implied promises, and continues the incestuous relationship with the Wall Street oligarchs to the detriment of average Americans, she will get even more backlash on DU and everywhere Democrats commune. More so than Obama, who stepped into a huge mess that could be blamed on the previous administration (for good reason) and had some buffer and a honeymoon period as the nation (at least the moderates and libs) and world were just sighing in relief of the previous regime being defeated.

So if Hillary thinks she can grab a fork and shovel another heap of straw on the camel...under orders from the .1%....I think she doesn't have a clue the suppressed frustration of the Democratic base after enduring two terms of a. If that happens, get ready...that camel is coming down.

[NYC_SKP]

19. Some folks are very very passionate.

I guess I am, too, but at least I believe in a primary that allows for a full airing of potential candidates, with as even a playing field as possible.

[Segami]

52. +1

[Autumn]

24. You are not of the body,

obviously yeah neither am I

[Segami]

35. "Not of the body...."

Guess not!

[VanillaRhapsody]

46. Who says we are not....are YOU pledging to vote for whom ever the majority of US pick in a Primary

Election? Its a very very simple concept really. Its not about the politicians....its about standing with US. That is what Democracy is all about.

[beerandjesus]

59. There's only one Democrat in this forum. Vanilla Rhapsody.

Just ask. Everyone else is a left-leaning independent trolling for a TOS reminder!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

31. You got that right. How I love Elizabeth!!

[elleng]

21. Damn right.

[Dustlawyer]

26. It would be AWESOME if she and Bernie ran on the same ticket! Don't care which one is POTUS and

which is VP as long as they keep it up and fight to outlaw campaign contributions, the revolving door, Super PAC's, and go for Publicly Funded Elections! After that they should move to bust up the media and banking oligopolies. Obviously it would take a lot of support from us to not only get them elected, but to keep up the pressure on the other politicians to get these campaign reforms and bust up the two biggest problems with our Democracy,

[Initech]

53. The leader it needs, but not the one it deserves.

A silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight.

[yeoman6987]

3. Who is in charge of the Senate?

Democratic Party! Do something if you don't like it. My goodness did the Democratic Senate vote on it? Republicans only have 45 votes so nothing gets passed without the Democratic Party! What am I missing??? If Republicans add junk vote it down!!! How hard is that? Why is the Democratic Party acting like they are not in charge???? Is is not January 2015 yet!!!!

[paleotn]

30. Many on the Dem side of the aisle....

...have been paid handsomely to support this Republican "junk."

[Segami]

4. Make noise with your reps......

"...Warren’s call went further than House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who said Wednesday that she is “deeply troubled” by the banking measure. The Democratic discontent with the measure could make passing the bill more difficult, as House Speaker John Boehner is not expected to have enough votes on his own..."

[genwah]

16. I just called my rep's local office. Call your's at [phone] (congressional switchboard)

Nancy Pelosi's Leadership contact form works for everyone, not just people in the CA-12. http://www.democraticleader.gov/contact-us/

Find your rep here: http://www.house.gov/

Find your senator: http://www.house.gov/

[liberal_at_heart]

20. Done. Just sent off an email to my Representative. I will be keeping a close watch on how my

representative votes on this. I am the kind of voter who bases my vote on how my representatives vote on legislation.

[HappyMe]

5. The Democrats need to step up and fight this.

Time to send out emails to encourage representatives to fight this.

[genwah]

17. It's happening a little fast, call their offices or the congressional switchboard.

[HappyMe]

18. Okay.

I'll do it now.

[Enthusiast]

23. All Democrats!

[Segami]

6. Haven't we learned yet?

We are going to allow reTHUGS to drag us down this looting road again?

WHY ARE WE GOING DOWN THIS ROAD AGAIN?............

[Autumn]

25. If this passes it's because they want to go down this road again...

Plain and simple truth.

[Segami]

40. They're betting on low memory retention....

Enough time has passed so lets get the looting party started once again....


Even this chimp has a rare point to make

[Initech]

54. Definition of insanity....

[Scuba]

8. But she's not running for you know what!!

[liberal_at_heart]

13. She is fearless. I love it. Go get em Warren.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

33. How refreshing to have someone who actually is not afraid to speak her mind at the appropriate time without checking to see which way the wind is blowing.

[Enthusiast]

22. This provision is INSANE!

After the crash of 2008? Are you fucking kidding me?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

29. I'm gettting to the point where I think we need a world wide revolution

The elite parasites need to be removed, through the guillotine if necessary. I'm getting so sick of the rigged game and the fact the greed personified through lobbyists never ebbs but just increases and wants to grab as much as it can, daring us to do something permanent about it. Are they any less a threat to this country's stability and economic survival than Al Qaeda?

[Katashi_itto]

34. +100000

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

36. Exactly why we need a candidate like Elizabeth who is not in Wall Street's hip pocket. "The best candidate money can't buy." -- E. Warren

[calimary]

38. Yeah, no kidding. I'm starting to lean that way, too.

This Citizens United crap, and "corporations are people my friend" crap - has GOT TO GO. Sure hope a critical mass of people here start waking up, at least.

[Enthusiast]

56. +1 You nailed it.

[Thespian2]

37. I am surprised

that Elizabeth Warren is still alive.

[daleanime]

39. K&R....

[INdemo]

41. Havent heard any comments from Obama on this

like a threatened veto,but wait, I forgot he is pretty busy pushing the job killing TPP.

Elizabeth Warren is the leader we must elect if we are to save our Democracy.

[Derek V]

43. Give Praise!

[lonestarnot]

55. She asked folks to go to her website and sign @ www.elizabethwarren.com

[treestar]

57. Where in this law is the provision that private derivative traders

get a hold of taxpayer money?

[lonestarnot]

58. Make those calls even if you're too busy.

[flpoljunkie]

61. But the banks have promised not to use taxpayer funds for the 'riskiest' derivatives

Wow, just wow! Let's trust Jamie Dimon and his ilk. I trust Elizabeth Warren and Barney Frank who have both said this rollback of Dodd Frank would put taxpayers on the hook once again--if these trades go bad.

[tclambert]

63. “Who does Congress work for?” Well, who pays them the most?

Oh, wait, I'm sorry, Chief Justice Roberts says money doesn't have a corrupting influence on politics. My bad.

[blkmusclmachine]

65. ,

,

[Jack Rabbit]

66. K/R

!!