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Hillary Clinton

yallerdawg

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10. Yes, he did.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:53 PM

Mar 2016

"Today I voted to withhold more funding from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. I have deep respect for President-elect Obama and I very much appreciate the difficult job he has in trying to remedy the economic damage done by the Bush administration's reckless policies.

"Nonetheless, I have strong reservations about continuing this bailout without strong taxpayer protections written into law. I also object to using middle-class taxpayer money to bail out the exact same financial institutions whose greed and recklessness led to the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

"Furthermore, we need a major investigation into how this financial crisis occurred and who exactly was responsible."

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-opposes-bailout

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/111-2009/s5

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Clinton is right on auto bailout. If everyone had voted like Sanders, auto industry would have colla [View all] riversedge Mar 2016 OP

Oh, those pesky facts! johnp3907 Mar 2016 #1

Pesky pesky pesky! Cha Mar 2016 #3

This needs to be repeated loud and long pandr32 Mar 2016 #2

Except Hillary didn't vote to save the auto industry either. inchhigh Mar 2016 #4

Speaking of pesky facts radical noodle Mar 2016 #7

and Clinton was VERY clear during the debate that she was referring to the Jan. 2009 vote. spooky3 Mar 2016 #15

Did Sanders vote against the release of the funds which was disignated for the Automanufactures? Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #8

Yes, he did. yallerdawg Mar 2016 #10

Wrong, Hillary voted to save the auto industry. Every time. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #14

Ridculous AnotherVoter Mar 2016 #5

Ridculous? Voting not to release the funds which went to the auto manufactures, surely he must have Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #11

Bull. The "Diamond" Sanders wanted failed to get any GOP votes. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #13

You are aware that you are in the Hillary Group? SharonClark Mar 2016 #17

That would have made a bunch of Sanders' supporters happy, well until they got to experience the Hoyt Mar 2016 #6

Quite correct. fleabiscuit Mar 2016 #18

And Sanders could take pride in beating the banks and big corporations. This is screwed up. Hoyt Mar 2016 #19

After helping a depression along... fleabiscuit Mar 2016 #21

I love facts Gothmog Mar 2016 #9

Not only the auto industry but our entire economy would have collapsed. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #12

Agree SharonClark Mar 2016 #16

If TARP, which included the auto bailout, hadn't passed, we would have had a total still_one Mar 2016 #20