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ehrnst

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9. So do I. But I expect a career politician to have have more to show for it than "intentions"
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 08:32 PM
Mar 2020

book sales at WalMart and on Amazon.

The simple fact is that Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton lapped him on consumer advocacy and free healthcare before they were even in elected office.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:

In July 2010, Congress passed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, during the 111th United States Congress in response to the Late-2000s recession and financial crisis. The agency was originally proposed in 2007 by then Harvard Law School professor and current US senator Elizabeth Warren.


What comparable achievements does Sanders have that compares to the CFPB or Dodd-Frank?

CHIP got free health care to 8 million uninsured low income children. What's the number of people that Bernie has gotten coverage for - other than his family, and the people he hires?

In 2007, Kennedy told the Associated Press that Hillary Clinton played a critical role in CHIP.

"The children's health program wouldn't be in existence today if we didn't have Hillary pushing for it from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue," Kennedy said.

Nick Littlefield, a senior health adviser to Kennedy at the time, agreed.

"She wasn't a legislator, she didn't write the law, and she wasn't the president, so she didn't make the decisions," Littlefield told the Associated Press. "But we relied on her, worked with her and she was pivotal in encouraging the White House to do it."
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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