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Bloomberg ad: How many bills has Bernie introduced and actually passed? (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP
30 years.. one legitimate piece of legislation and 378 failed. honest.abe Feb 2020 #1
Owie. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #2
Does his campaign read the DU . . . ? Iliyah Feb 2020 #3
Booom Cha Feb 2020 #4
Kablooey Mike 03 Feb 2020 #5
Powerful... Moderateguy Feb 2020 #6
In all fairness, Bernie had some older bills enacted JaneQPublic Feb 2020 #7
"Vermont Bicentennial Day". BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #9
This is amusing Gothmog Feb 2020 #10
Funny ad onetexan Feb 2020 #22
So you'd prefer un-named post offices? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #11
Damn, I wish I had posted that Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #15
Bernie's all talk. octoberlib Feb 2020 #12
That's the kind of person Hav Feb 2020 #13
A good percentage of his supporters think he can do it himself Moderateguy Feb 2020 #17
K&R betsuni Feb 2020 #14
How many has Bloomberg? ripcord Feb 2020 #16
Funny... DaDeacon Feb 2020 #19
So do you and Sanders, almost. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #24
Hey! Bloomberg sounds just like DU! Iggo Feb 2020 #18
That's what I always wonder when I hear him shouting, "I wrote the bill." Jim__ Feb 2020 #20
Oh, that's just sad. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #21
Bloomberg team should fix this, Sanders passed 7 bills Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #23
 

honest.abe

(8,678 posts)
1. 30 years.. one legitimate piece of legislation and 378 failed.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 03:19 PM
Feb 2020
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Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. Does his campaign read the DU . . . ?
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 03:20 PM
Feb 2020
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JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
7. In all fairness, Bernie had some older bills enacted
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 03:52 PM
Feb 2020

Apparently, this video got its info from Bernie's congress.gov page, which shows just his 3 most recent enacted bills as a senator, not the ones from when he was in the House:
https://www.congress.gov/member/bernard-sanders/S000033?q=%7B%22bill-status%22%3A%22law%22%2C%22sponsorship%22%3A%22sponsored%22%7D

But his page at Govtrack shows all SEVEN from his time in the Senate and House:

S. 885 (113th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park Street in Danville, Vermont, as the “Thaddeus Stevens Post Office”.

S. 2782 (113th): A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to improve the Federal charter for the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and for other ...

S. 893 (113th): Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013

H.R. 5245 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Marble Street in Fair Haven, Vermont, as the “Matthew Lyon Post Office Building”.

H.J.Res. 129 (104th): Granting the consent of Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact.

H.R. 1353 (102nd): Entitled the “Taconic Mountains Protection Act of 1991”.

H.J.Res. 132 (102nd): To designate March 4, 1991, as “Vermont Bicentennial Day”.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bernard_sanders/400357
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BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
8. "Vermont Bicentennial Day".
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 03:56 PM
Feb 2020

"Taconic Mountains Protection Act".

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TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
11. So you'd prefer un-named post offices?
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 04:57 PM
Feb 2020

Is that what you want?

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Awsi Dooger

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15. Damn, I wish I had posted that
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 05:50 PM
Feb 2020

"Where do I mail this letter?"

"Sorry pal, the best I can do is point. It doesn't have a name."

Here's the real world. If Sanders somehow is elected and we somehow hold the House, many House members either will run away from Sander's proposals or face absolute certainty of being thrown out of office in November 2022. That first term midterm would be a bloodbath of unimaginable proportions with a socialist in office.

I don't think many Democrats grasp how fragile our House situation is. We won countless districts we have no business winning. Pete has referred to that type of thing.

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Hav

(5,969 posts)
13. That's the kind of person
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 05:35 PM
Feb 2020

to implement a "revolution".
You might be wondering how a career politician with 3 decades in Congress and a paper thin list of "achievements" will suddenly get something done. Don't worry, his followers will pressure Congress to pass all the things BS wants.

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Moderateguy

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17. A good percentage of his supporters think he can do it himself
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 05:53 PM
Feb 2020

As part of an outreach effort we talked to college students at a local community college- they were under the impression that Bernie was going to enact free college and student loan forgiveness through executive order. A 20 min civics lesson opened some eyes that day

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ripcord

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16. How many has Bloomberg?
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 05:51 PM
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DaDeacon

(984 posts)
19. Funny...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:16 PM
Feb 2020

I was thinking that but me and Bloomberg have the same congressional record.

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W_HAMILTON

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24. So do you and Sanders, almost.
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 09:37 AM
Feb 2020
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Iggo

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18. Hey! Bloomberg sounds just like DU!
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:06 PM
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Jim__

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20. That's what I always wonder when I hear him shouting, "I wrote the bill."
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:21 PM
Feb 2020

Yeah, but did it pass Bernie?

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NurseJackie

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21. Oh, that's just sad.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:21 PM
Feb 2020

The candidate that I end up selecting will be someone who shows enough initiative to get things done. He (or she) will also be someone who is willing to compromise and find common ground with the opposition... even if it means making a sacrifice and not getting everything that was hoped for, the candidate I choose will be mature enough to know that some incremental progress is always better than NO PROGRESS at all.

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Fresh_Start

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23. Bloomberg team should fix this, Sanders passed 7 bills
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 09:30 AM
Feb 2020

easy info to find GOVTRACK.US

now if you want to see those amendment king amendments...I found them on propublica....looks like he was an budget subcommittee...many of those were 'balanced budget' move money from pot 1 to pot 2.

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