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12. In the Politifact article that comes from, it says that Bernie got an "effective"

Tue Feb 18, 2020, 06:02 PM

Feb 2020

score for TWO of his years in the House. TWO. From 1991 to 2006. Two of those years he was an effective House member. For the rest of those years he was below the benchmark score.

And in the Senate, he has passed legislation to name two post offices and get a COLA for Veterans in 2013. Those are the laws that he wrote that passed. Since 2006.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/24/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-was-roll-call-amendment-king-1995-2/

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

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Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #1

Deaf ears. nt fleabiscuit Feb 2020 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #8

That was at 13 years ago. Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #11

We like Bernie evertonfc Feb 2020 #4

His policies would be awesome but they won't pass gollygee Feb 2020 #5

That's essentially my argument Dem2 Feb 2020 #6

I don't say it because I don't feel that way. 33taw Feb 2020 #7

There is no way people in the United States will vote in a socialist. nt fleabiscuit Feb 2020 #13

All those things sound great, but... SDANation Feb 2020 #14

Perfect! Shanti Mama Feb 2020 #16

My second paragraph would be quite different. Codeine Feb 2020 #17

And the pro-Berners would be more credible if they Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #18