Will Democratic Candidate, Sanders, Introduce A New Voter Registration Bill In Congress This Year?

[DhhD]

Sanders, being a Senator can introduce bills to Congress. Hopefully, there would be a voting record for Republicans on the issues.

Sanders can produce several progressive bills based on the democracy of the needs of working class people, in the coming months. The Republicans and Democrats on the Congressional Committees, can share their speaking points with the American people. Hope there is an internet site for a report on the proceedings.

We heard on DU, some of the hearings and proceedings from the NASA Earth Science Budget, debated before Senator R-Ted Cruz. Cruz and Republican House cut NASA drastically, anyway. Cruz knew full well that he and fellow Republicans were going to kill Earth's atmospheric and Global Warming, funding anyway. Texas has NASA in his own State of Texas (Houston).

Same story with voting; Republicans are stopping the voting rights of many people.

[djean111]

1. You do know that some here at DU jeer at Sanders for introducing bills like this. Because "he knows

they won't get passed". I suppose their preferred alternative is only introducing bills that the GOP approves of, or not introducing bills at all.

You do know that some here at DU jeer at Bernie's ideas because the GOP Congress will never work with him. I suppose their preferred alternative is someone who wants the same thing as the GOP wants. Like the TPP. Or maybe they are saying that the GOP Congress will certainly cooperate with one Democrat, but not another.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Independently of this thread, I was just thinking about that.

Someone a while back challenged Bernie's plan to break up the big banks. That person confused "breaking up" with "nationalizing," and was going on about how Bernie was planning to pay for them if he was gonna take them. Well, of course, we have broken up monopolies and oligopolies many times in our history.

Standard Oil & ATT come to mind right off hand.

In any case, it was really helpful to have Bernie's bill to link to in order to show exactly what he was proposing.

"He knows they won't get passed."

Of course. All the more reason to elect a Congress that WILL pass them.

In the meantime, just having some of Bernie's positions articulated as actual bills can be very helpful.

As a side note, I would much prefer that certain monopolies & oligopolies be nationalized. The railroads, power companies, banks, and Internet providers come to mind. In every one of those cases, "free market" practices are severely retarding, corrupting and damaging the development of socially vital functions. The only "market competition" left is that between the corporate giants and their customers, and the corporations have all the weapons.

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3. I do know we have at least one of every type immaginable

Here on DU. That does include republicans - yikes!

[Jackpine Radical]

5. In the early days of the board, someone posted as "Repub,"

and they were. The dialog always remained civil, and I always thought the conversation was useful.

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7. Cheeky

But interesting. Thx.

[DhhD]

4. That is why the Sanders campaign needs to move into the complete sweeping out of Congress that

work for the Corporatist and corrupt bankers that Obama faced, so in having to work with the insiders on the other side. (Senator Warren explained why she is not an insider.) What happened to the single payer during the first Obama term? What if Senator Obama would have introduced a single-payer bill to Congress before the November 2008 election? That would be Congress paying attention to the work of the people! Congress doing something! In my opinion, the American people voted for the removal of corrupt bankers and corrupt politicians. Many were hoping for a war crimes trial and jail time for those committing illegal financial deals. I am disappointed in how the campaign promises of 2008 have played out.

IMHO, providing a Bill is greater assurance of a campaign promise. The GOP never worked with Obama (except TPP). The American people and the Democratic Party can work with the GOP now having this legislation in place. For instance, as Democrats, lets go to a Town Hall meeting and ask questions about each part of the bill to a Republican candidate. This candidate may not even be in Congress, but may be on the committee considering the bill if elected. Sanders' bills will be most useful in the primarying of, mostly Republican candidates. 1/3 of the House and Senate are up for reelection, and think about the gains for Democrats on the down tickets.

IMHO, bills ahead of the election, is a new strategy to include the American people. A bill induces the ideal of the candidate working for his/her constituents. In Sanders case, its the American people as constituents. Congress is going back to work! Now, think about the Presidential debates. No abstract BS as in the first Presidential Debate of 2012. The GOP will have to answer to the American people in the 2016 debate of a Bill. Let the Presidential Candidates debate GOP legislation past or pending. The debate moves from proposed policy changes (2012 debate) to point of Bills to become law (2016 debate). Many good aspects of democracy between the past and the future are coming our way, which include some/many here at DU who jeer bills.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. I've already found the TBTF bill useful in RL discussion.

He's giving us a lot of material to work with. It's up to us to do our part.