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In reply to the discussion: It is not about hating Hillary. It is not about loving Bernie. [View all]senz
(11,945 posts)98. Repubs hate Hill. Bernie gets things done under GOP administrations.
The following is a list of every substantive bill and amendment Sanders sponsored from the floor of Congress that became law (substantive meaning legislation renaming post offices is not included). Many of the roll-call amendments he passed with majority approval like limiting the federal governments ability to spy on peoples library records were removed from bills when the House and Senate negotiated over the final legislative text and did not become law.
Because the list is derived from Congress official database of floor actions, it does not include achievements like his insertion of funding for veterans health care into an Iraq war spending bill because that occurred off of the House floor while the bill was in conference. Nor does the list include what is perhaps his most significant achievement providing health care to an additional 10 million mostly low-income Americans by getting Senate majority leader Harry Reid to add $11 billion in funding for community health centers that provide care regardless of a persons ability to pay to the 2010 Affordable Care Act in exchange for Sanders rallying liberal Democrats who were considering voting against the bill once conservative Democrats removed the public option.
Those who mistakenly believe that a President Sanders would be powerless in the face of a hostile Republican Congress should bear in mind that he managed to pass these bills and amendments in spite of Republican control of both the House (1995-2006) and the presidency (2001-2008). Furthermore, it was Republicans in the House and Senate who compromised with him (not the other way around) on major veterans legislation in 2014. His original bill expanding services for veterans and fixing the scandal-ridden Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cost $17.3 billion. The price tag of the final compromise bill? $16.3 billion.
Because the list is derived from Congress official database of floor actions, it does not include achievements like his insertion of funding for veterans health care into an Iraq war spending bill because that occurred off of the House floor while the bill was in conference. Nor does the list include what is perhaps his most significant achievement providing health care to an additional 10 million mostly low-income Americans by getting Senate majority leader Harry Reid to add $11 billion in funding for community health centers that provide care regardless of a persons ability to pay to the 2010 Affordable Care Act in exchange for Sanders rallying liberal Democrats who were considering voting against the bill once conservative Democrats removed the public option.
Those who mistakenly believe that a President Sanders would be powerless in the face of a hostile Republican Congress should bear in mind that he managed to pass these bills and amendments in spite of Republican control of both the House (1995-2006) and the presidency (2001-2008). Furthermore, it was Republicans in the House and Senate who compromised with him (not the other way around) on major veterans legislation in 2014. His original bill expanding services for veterans and fixing the scandal-ridden Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cost $17.3 billion. The price tag of the final compromise bill? $16.3 billion.
H.R.4206 (Cancer Registries Amendment Act) enacted as S. 3312 (Cancer Registries Amendment Act).
H.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 665 (Victims of Justice Act of 1995)
H.Amdt. 210 to H.R. 830 (Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995)
H.Amdt. 1203 to H.R. 3666 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997
H.J.Res.129 enacted as S.J.Res.38 (A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact)
H.Amdt.174 to H.R.1757 (Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998)
H.Amdt.267 to H.R.2160 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998)
H.Amdt.289 to H.R.2266 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998) -- National Guard Starbase program
H.Amdt.368 to H.R.2378 (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998) -- Prohibit funds for the U.S. Customs Office from being used to allow the importation into the U.S. any material mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor.
H.Amdt.388 to H.R.2267 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998)
H.Amdt.569 to H.R.6 (Higher Education Amendments of 1998)
H.Amdt.614 to H.R.3694 (Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999) -- Reduce the intelligence budget for fiscal year 1999 by 5% with an exemption for the CIA Retirement and Disability Fund.
H.Amdt.626 to H.R.10 (Financial Services Act of 1998) -- Require the Comptroller General to report to Congress regarding the efficacy and benefits of uniformly limiting any commissions, fees, markups, or other costs incurred by customers in the acquisition of financial products.
H.Amdt.706 to H.R.4101 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999) -- Increase funding for nutrition programs for senior citizens by $10 million
H.Amdt.708 to H.R.4103 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999) -- Prohibit funding to be used to enter into or renew a contract with any company owned, or partially owned, by the Peoples Republic of China or the Peoples Liberation Army of the Peoples Republic of China.
H.Amdt.724 to H.R.4104 (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999) enacted as H.R. 2490 (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000) -- National Archives and Records Administration improvements
H.Amdt.127 to H.R.1906 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000)
H.Amdt.136 to H.R.1906 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) -- national pilot program to promote agritourism
H.Amdt.258 to H.R.2466 (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) enacted as H.R.3194 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000) -- deficit reduction; and reduces fossil energy research and development funding
H.Amdt.442 to H.R.2684 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) -- health care services for veterans in rural areas
H.Amdt.791 to H.R.4577 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001) -- (relating to the availability to the public of an invention and its benefits on reasonable terms)
H.Amdt.818 to H.R.4578 (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001) -- weatherization assistance and energy conservation programs and reduce fossil fuel energy research and development programs
H.Amdt.238 to H.R.2590 (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002) -- Prohibit the importation of goods made by forced or indentured child labor.
H.Amdt.376 to H.R.3061 (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002) -- relating to the availability to the public of an invention and its benefits on reasonable terms
H.Amdt.404 to H.R.3338 (Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002) -- Provide $100 million for federally qualified community health centers.
H.Amdt.255 to H.R.2691 (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004) -- Increase funding for weatherization assistance grants
H.Amdt.336 to H.R.2861 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004) enacted as H.R.2673 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004) -- Prohibit the use of funds in the bill to implement any policy prohibiting the Directors of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans within their respective networks.
S.Amdt.737 to H.R.1591 (U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007) -- fund weatherization assistance program
S.Amdt.1515 to H.R.6 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) -- Establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program
S.Amdt.1525 to H.R.6 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) -- use of solar hot water heaters in certain Federal buildings
S.Amdt.4384 to H.R.3221 (Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008) -- Increase specially adapted housing benefits for disabled veterans.
S.Amdt.1658 to S.1390 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010) -- re child care available to deployed members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
S.Amdt.2271 to H.R.2997 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010) -- funds for the school community garden pilot program
S.Amdt.2601 to H.R.3326 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010) -- veteran outreach and reintegration services
S.Amdt.3738 to S.3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) -- let the American people know the names of the recipients of over $2 trillion in taxpayer assistance from the Federal Reserve System
S.Amdt.306 to H.R.1 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) -- Require recipients of TARP funding to meet strict H-1B worker hiring standard to ensure non-displacement of U.S. workers
S.Amdt.1658 to S.1390 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010) -- report to Congress on financial assistance for child care available to deployed members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.
S.Amdt.4280 to H.R.4899 (Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010) -- make publicly available the contractor integrity performance database established under the Clean Contracting Act of 2008
S.2450 (Veterans Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014) enacted as H.R.3230 (Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014) -- VA reform bill
S.893 (Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013) -- increase rates of veterans disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, etc.
S.Amdt.2146 to S.1471 (Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act) re interring the remains and honoring the memory of a person in a national cemetery
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It is not about hating Hillary. It is not about loving Bernie. [View all]
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
OP
I think it's an authoritarian problem. The devotees feel more comfortable living by the guidance
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#17
How ironic would that be if the Super-Delegates were to rule in favor of the People
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#97
Yep, and for being brave enough to run. He did us a YUUUUGE favor in doing so.
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#6
Bernie Sanders as well as his supporters, did alot of things wrong during this primary..
asuhornets
Jun 2016
#12
I think he and we ran an excellent campaign that generated a lot of enthusiasm and brought
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#13
You can't take constructive criticism, just like Sanders...always someone else fault..nt
asuhornets
Jun 2016
#44
There are more pro Bernie posts here because Bernie supporters post about Bernie.
Autumn
Jun 2016
#60
Not true..On GD: P alone most posts were anti-Hillary..Rarely there r pro-bernie posts.
asuhornets
Jun 2016
#61
Like I said, there must be some positive, nice things you supporters could post about her instead
Autumn
Jun 2016
#63
The way I see it --When Sanders supporters here at DU knew they were in the majority
asuhornets
Jun 2016
#65
The OP gives a good list of what the "fringe left" would like. If they are so terrible
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#22
Not everyone hates Hillary - Kissinger, Richard Perle, the Neocons, the Banksters, Wall Street,
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#30
So you are not the judge or who can claim the left? Too bad your posts speak otherwise.
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#85
Wow, you would have to be blind to think that, to many Sanders supporters on DU, It's all
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#23
Perhaps our vision comes from the fact that DU voices HATED Clinton long before Sanders got in...
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#25
Yes, but still, how can anyone claim that Sanders supporters on DU haven't hated on Hillary ?
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#29
Disliking policy decisions like supporting illicit wars does not equate to hatred for an individual.
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#28
Calling her a "baby killer" is hateful. Many Sanders supporters did that. Yesterday they even
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#32
Well, wars do kill babies. An ugly fact that many would like to ignore. nt
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#34
Nothing but jobs from what I have read. Do you have a problem with jobs? nt
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#37
sorry - I have a hard time believing that - if it were true, there would be no BoBs
DrDan
Jun 2016
#38
As I stated above, refusing to vote for an unethical candidate does not equal hate. nt
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#41
I can understand you love all of those things. But I have not seen him produce one single
eastwestdem
Jun 2016
#47
I can respect that but if your candidate doesn't even talk about the important issues,
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#50
It's not paying for the proposals that's at question. It's getting them through congress.
eastwestdem
Jun 2016
#96
LOL Thanks for demonstrating how ineffectual and pathetic such tactics are. nt
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#69
And you should cease to believe that Hillary will actually support any of them. nt
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#88
Thanks, Jillan. I just hope we can fix it all in time. I am a bit worried that Bernie may have
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#90