Bernie filibustering the tax bill - Turn on CSPAN2

[Clio the Leo]

He Tweets...

You can call what i am doing today whatever you want, you it call it a filibuster, you can call it a very long speech...
http://twitter.com/#!/senatorsanders/status/13254493944680448

http://www.cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx


.... but the real question, will Demint come to the floor to relieve him?

[sasha031]

1. Love Bernie Sanders

[young but wise]

2. Me too.

I still think the bill should pass.

[Clio the Leo]

3. He's adorable. nt

[sasha031]

4. He speaks like Roosevelt

[displacedvermoter]

14. But not dreamy!!!

[Clio the Leo]

23. He's BEYOND dreamy ... as any good socialist is. nt

[Graybeard]

5. Sanders is making a great case against the bill and for the people.

One point I really liked was him asking why Social Security was brought into this ugly mess when SS had nothing to do with our present jobless crisis. Leave the trust fund alone! It's a GOP trap.

[golddigger]

6. Go Bernie. Love ya my man.

[tridim]

7. A REAL filibuster. Finally!

[disillusioned73]

8. Watching... go Bernie!!!

:dem:

[jtrockville]

9. Thanks for the notification. Wish we had 99 others like Sanders.

[RufusTFirefly]

10. Go Bernie Go!

He's reprising his "There's a war going on" speech from a couple of days ago.

[Sherman A1]

11. Any donation that I make in the future will

go to the likes of Bernie Sanders, Dennis Kucinich, Al Franken and real progressives....


So Claire McCaskill can stop asking me for cash.....

[shireen]

17. +1

me to!!!

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. Bernie: "There is a war going on...by the Rich against the working

Americans..."

Go Bernie!


Thanks for the heads up, Clio!

[chelsea0011]

13. It is great that he is up there speaking but will he be afforded the repuke

type of filibuster where you just threaten it and go home. I bet they make him stay up there.

[shireen]

15. THANK YOU BERNIE!!!

I love you, you're the best.

:hug:

[Mass]

16. Thanks!!

and Thanks to Senator Sanders.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. I Can't Watch C Span 2 Because I Lost My Home

I'm living in a 300 square foot room in an extended stay hotel that only has basic cable. It beats the bridge I'll be living under if my girlfriend's unemployment insurance expires.

Thanks for the update though...

[shireen]

22. if you're able to stream it ...

http://www.cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

Hang in there ....my thoughts are with you and your girlfriend.

[Imajika]

19. Thought the tax compromise bill wasn't coming to the Senate till Monday...

How can he be filibustering something that hasn't even come up?

More theater probably. Get the screaming and yelling out of the way a day early so they can just vote on the White House/GOP bill straight away on Monday.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. The Crappy "Free" Wiresless Isn't Fast Enough For Streaming

.

[Recursion]

26. Shhhh

You'll spoil the narrative.

He's delaying business, which will probably end up delaying the bill somewhat.

For everyone who complains about missing "real filibusters", Bernie has to talk because he doesn't seem to have 40 votes to keep debate going on this.

[Dr.Phool]

39. He said he's delaying it to give people time to raise hell.

Contact their Senators and Representatives.

[Clio the Leo]

27. It's scheduled for 3pm today....

.... at least last I heard.

[Imajika]

42. Where did you read that?

According to the schedule I've seen, the tax cuts bill doesn't even hit the Senate till Monday.

This is not an actual filibuster from what I can tell, it's just a few Senators complaining about a bill that will come to the floor next week that he can't actually stop.

[Hailtothechimp]

20. Say it Bernie. And then keep saying it. n/t

[cate94]

21. Thanks for posting

And thanks to Bernie!!!!

[golfguru]

25. I am liking Bernie exposing James Dimon of Wall Street Banking

However rejection of this bill will be harmful to Obama's re-election chances.
Which is why the president will get this bill passed.

[Graybeard]

28. Bernie just passed the 1 hour mark.

And just warming up.

[flamingdem]

29. I have a soft spot for Bernie nt

[Frustratedlady]

30. Good for Bernie. He's the only one with nerve enough to speak out.

We are probably the only ones listening to him, which is a shame, as he is bringing light to the dark recesses of the bailout and how it continues to hurt the little people.

Hopefully, the MSM is listening.

[golddigger]

31. Talking about Exxon-Mobile had a bad year, last year.

Only made 19 Billion dollar profit and paid nothing in taxes. Matter of fact they received $156,000,000.00 rebate from the IRS.

MotherF&%ker! :mad: :argh: :grr: :nuke:

[flamingdem]

32. Question: how does this work? How long does he have to speak?

Who is present in the audience?

He has a lot of energy so far!

[Graybeard]

33. Sherrod Brown is giving Sanders a break.

Thank you Sen. Brown!

[avaistheone1]

34. Bernie walks the talk.

:kick:

[Graybeard]

35. 2 hours.

Now it's a tag team, Sherrod Brown and Bernie Sanders.

[budkin]

36. My favorite Senator hands down

[Dr.Phool]

37. You go Bernie!

He's explaining the tax-cut fiasco, and Republican motivations, in all their gory details!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[Clio the Leo]

38. ** Bernie also filibustering via Twitter....

... his office on his behalf obviously.

http://twitter.com/#!/senatorsanders

[niceypoo]

40. Is Demint against the Bush tax cuts?

??

[Graybeard]

41. 3 hours.

Sen. Landrieu giving Bernie a break.

[ProSense]

43. This is good

Good statistics.

[Graybeard]

44. 4 hours now. n/t

[bobmorr1]

45. call his office

He needs to here from us. I called my Senators in Illinois and I called his Vermont office to leave a message.

[Phx_Dem]

46. It's not an actual filibuster. There is no one there and he's not blocking a vote,

he's just talking. CNN and MSNBC both clarified that it's not really a filibuster, it just looks like one.

[jenmito]

47. Yup. He's just venting. n/t

[Uzybone]

48. Sanders is making a mockery of himself

if your gonna filibuster, then do it.

Fucking republicans don't fake filibuster.

[alcibiades_mystery]

49. He can't actually filibuster because there will immediately be 60 votes to move on

That's why he's fake filibustering.