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5. From Politifact

Reply to TidalWave46 (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 02:02 PM

Jan 2020

The low-level nuclear waste would include "items such as scrap metal and worker’s gloves… as well as medical gloves used in radiation treatments at hospitals," according to the Bangor Daily News.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Paul Wellstone floor remarks on a Sanders cosponsored bill to dump waste at Sierra Blanca. [View all] TidalWave46 Jan 2020 OP

Paul Wellstone was BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #1

Paul Wellstone was a real progressive Democrat...nt SidDithers Jan 2020 #2

Thank you for that Senator Paul Wellstone. Cha Jan 2020 #3

Is Jane Sanders still a member of the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission? George II Jan 2020 #4

No, she left right around the time of Sanders last Presidential run. TidalWave46 Jan 2020 #6

From Politifact zentrum Jan 2020 #5

I bet that is "included." NT TidalWave46 Jan 2020 #7

I miss Sen. Paul Wellstone to this day The Valley Below Jan 2020 #8

So do I. alittlelark Jan 2020 #13

Bernie is a Right-Winger , a pro- Corporate Pollution Tool ritapria Jan 2020 #9

I hope you can see what you just did. TidalWave46 Jan 2020 #10

Hummm I guess not! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #12

Yep +1 LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #14

Right wing and pro-corporate have nothing to do with it. But he sure didn't want that waste... George II Jan 2020 #15

Exactly. Send it to a poverty-stricken area in Texas. MineralMan Jan 2020 #16

Did Bernie Sander co-sponsor that or did he not? MineralMan Jan 2020 #18

He sponsored the bill. And he hard pushed for passage. Blue_true Jan 2020 #23

I didn't lay out anything. I just asked a question. MineralMan Jan 2020 #24

Just keeping you on your toes. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #28

Believe me it could happen. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #21

And also a dirty red communist. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #25

Well Wawannabe Jan 2020 #26

I forgot about this JustAnotherGen Jan 2020 #11

This is not bashing. This is part of the record. MineralMan Jan 2020 #17

Here is the list of Co-sponsors of the bill: MineralMan Jan 2020 #19

Thanks for playing fair. vsrazdem Jan 2020 #27

He was a true progressive - and his years as an educator gave him the ability to learn and listen. ehrnst Jan 2020 #20

Wellstone's death was such a loss. I hoped he'd eventually Hortensis Jan 2020 #22