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What Bernie Sanders Got Done in Washington:

A LegislativeInventory
Posted by PW on November 11, 2015
Bernie Sanders: Getting Things Done as a Congressman
Bernie Sanders is a progressive who likes to get things done (https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=1zCPLzrGPQI) and his record of legislative accomplishments in the House of Representatives
and the Senate shows it. Despite being independent from both the Democratic and Republican
parties, he got more done (https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/fact-bernie-sanders-gotmore-done-in-the-senate-than-hillary-clinton/) in his rst eight years in the Senate than
Democratic Party superstar Hillary Clinton did in her eight years there. Before the people of
Vermont elected him to the Senate in 2006, Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi dubbed
(http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-horror-show-that-is-congress-20050825)
Sanders the amendment king of the House of Representatives noting:
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Since the Republicans took over Congress in 1995, no other lawmaker not Tom DeLay, not
Nancy Pelosi has passed more roll-call amendments (amendments that actually went to a
vote on the oor) than Bernie Sanders. He accomplishes this on the one hand by being
relentlessly active, and on the other by using his status as an Independent to form left-right
coalitions.
The following is a list of every substantive bill and amendment Sanders sponsored from the oor
of Congress that became law (substantive meaning legislation renaming post ofces
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/5245) is not included). Many of the
roll-call amendments he passed with majority approval like limiting
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/house-amendment/280) the federal
governments ability to spy on peoples library records were removed from bills when the
House and Senate negotiated over the nal legislative text and did not become law.
Because the list is derived from Congress ofcial database (https://www.congress.gov/) of oor
actions, it does not include achievements like his insertion
(https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/why-did-bernie-sanders-vote-to-fund-the-iraqwar/) of funding for veterans health care into an Iraq war spending bill
(https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/why-did-bernie-sanders-vote-to-fund-the-iraqwar/) because that occurred off of the House oor while the bill was in conference.
(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CRPT) Nor does the list
include what is perhaps his most signicant achievement providing health care to an additional
10 million (https://theintercept.com/2015/07/06/gop-senators-support-sanders-obamacareexpansion/) mostly low-income (http://www.nachc.com/client/Chartbook_2014.pdf) Americans
by getting Senate majority leader Harry Reid to add $11 billion
(https://theintercept.com/2015/07/06/gop-senators-support-sanders-obamacare-expansion/) 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
(http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dems-make-deal-to-drop-public-option/).
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"A Revolution in Primary Care" -- Bernie Sanders on Com...
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
(http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/71225/bernie-sanders-is-loud-stubborn-socialistrepublicans-like-him-anyway) (not the other way around) on major veterans legislation in 2014.
His original bill expanding services for veterans and xing the scandal-ridden
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Health_Administration_scandal_of_2014)Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) cost $17.3 billion (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federaleye/wp/2014/07/24/the-vas-2-page-justication-for-a-17-billion-funding-request/). The price
tag of the nal compromise bill? $16.3 billion (http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-senate-vareform-bill-20140731-story.html).
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(https://pplswar.les.wordpress.com/2015/11/sandersvabill.jpg)
Flanked by Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders and other congressional
members at Wallace Theater in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, President Barack Obama signs the
Veterans Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 into law.
Bernie Sanders is a progressive who likes to get things done because he knows how to drive a
hard bargain for veterans, working families, students, the elderly, the poor, the sick, and the
middle class.
102nd Congress 1991-1992

Authorize grants or contracts to operate population-based, statewide cancer registries in
order to collect certain data for each form of in-situ and invasive cancer except basal cell and
squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Authorizes grants for planning the registries.
Mandates a study on factors contributing to elevated rates of breast cancer mortality in
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. Authorizes the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, directly or through grants and contracts, or both, to provide technical
assistance to the States in the establishment and operation of statewide registries. H.R.4206
(Cancer Registries Amendment Act) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/housebill/4206) enacted as (http://archive.hhs.gov/news/press/1994pres/940930.txt) S. 3312
(Cancer Registries Amendment Act) (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/102/s3312).
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103rd Congress 1993-1994

None.
104th Congress 1995-1996

Require offenders who are convicted of fraud and other white collar crime to give
appropriate notice to victims and other persons in cases where there are multiple victims
eligible to receive restitution. H.Amdt. 98 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/104thcongress/house-amendment/98) to H.R. 665 (Victims of Justice Act of 1995)
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/665)
The Ofce of Information and Regulatory Affairs should emphasize minimizing the
burden on small businesses with 50 or fewer employees. H.Amdt.
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/104th-congress/house-amendment/210) 210 to
H.R. 830 (Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/104thcongress/house-bill/830)
Increase funding for the Court of Veterans Appeals by $1.4 million and reduce funding for
Housing and Urban Development salaries and expenses by $1.4 million. H.Amdt. 1203
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/104th-congress/house-amendment/1203) to H.R.
3666 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/housebill/3666)
Congress consents to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact
to erect and maintain joint public water supply facilities. H.J.Res.129
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-joint-resolution/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) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/104thcongress/senate-joint-resolution/38)

Congress declares that Ngawang Choephel and other prisoners of conscience in Tibet, as
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well as in China, should be released immediately, and that the U.S. government should seek
access for internationally recognized human rights groups to monitor human rights in
Tibet. H.Amdt.174 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105th-congress/houseamendment/174) to H.R.1757 (Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998)
Increase funding for the Meals on Wheels program by $5 million and reduce funding for
the Food and Drug Administration by $5.5 million. H.Amdt.267
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105th-congress/house-amendment/267) to
H.R.2160 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/housebill/2160)
Amendment increases funding for the National Guard Starbase program
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STARBASE) by $2 million. Funding for the increase would
be offset by reducing funds comensurately from the NATO Joint Stars program
(http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/jstars-back.htm). H.Amdt.289
H.R.2266 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998)
Prohibit funds for the U.S. Customs Ofce 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.368 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105th-congress/houseamendment/368) to H.R.2378 (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998)
Increase funding for the ofce of the U.S. Trade Representative by $1 million and reduce
funding for general administrative expenses within the Department of Commerce
commensurately. H.Amdt.388 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105thcongress/house-amendment/388) to H.R.2267 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998)
Encourage lower higher education costs by giving the Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education which administers a competitive grant program for higher
education institutions a broader mission and allow it to make competitive grants
available to institutions that cooperate and reduce costs through the joint purchase of goods
and services. H.Amdt.569 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105th-congress/houseamendment/569) to H.R.6 (Higher Education Amendments of 1998)
Reduce the intelligence budget for scal year 1999 by 5% with an exemption for the CIA
Retirement and Disability Fund. H.Amdt.614
H.R.3694 (Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999)
Require the Comptroller General to report to Congress regarding the efcacy and benets
of uniformly limiting any commissions, fees, markups, or other costs incurred by customers
in the acquisition of nancial products. H.Amdt.626
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105th-congress/house-amendment/626) to H.R.10
(Financial Services Act of 1998) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/househttps://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/what-bernie-sanders-got-done-in-washington-a-legislative-inventory/
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bill/10)
Increase funding for nutrition programs for senior citizens by $10 million. H.Amdt.706
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.708 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105thcongress/house-amendment/708) to H.R.4103 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
1999) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4103)
$2 million appropriated to the National Archives and Records Administration for the
National Personnel Records Center for modernization of its records management system.
H.Amdt.724 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/105th-congress/houseamendment/724) to H.R.4104 (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999)
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4104) enacted as H.R. 2490
(Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000)

Reduce the appropriation for the Agricultural Research Service by $13 million and to
increase the appropriation for the commodity assistance program by $10 million.
H.Amdt.127 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/106th-congress/houseamendment/127) to H.R.1906 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000)
Provide $1 million for a national pilot program to promote agritourism. H.Amdt.136
Increase Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding by $20 million; provides $30 million for
decit reduction; and reduces fossil energy research and development funding by $50
million. H.Amdt.258 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/106th-congress/houseamendment/258) to H.R.2466 (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/2466)
enacted as H.R.3194 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000)
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/3194/)
Increase funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program by $13 million and reduces
Strategic Petroleum Reserve funding accordingly. H.Amdt.270
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H.R.2466 (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000)
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/2466) enacted as H.R.3194 (
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/106thcongress/house-bill/3194)
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following new section: \ RURAL
VETERANS HEALTH CARE SERVICES \ SEC. . The house supports efforts to implement
improvements in health care services for veterans in rural areas. H.Amdt.442
H.R.2684 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/106thcongress/house-bill/2684)
Prohibit the use of National Institutes of Health funding to grant an exclusive or partially
exclusive license pursuant to chapter 18 of title 35, USC, except in accordance with section
209 of such title (relating to the availability to the public of an invention and its benets on
reasonable terms). H.Amdt.791 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/106thcongress/house-amendment/791) to H.R.4577 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001)
Increase funding for weatherization assistance and energy conservation programs by $45
million and reduce fossil fuel energy research and development programs accordingly.
H.Amdt.818 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/106th-congress/houseamendment/818) to H.R.4578 (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies

Prohibit the importation of goods on which the United States Customs Service has issued a
detention order on the basis that such goods were made by forced or indentured child labor.
H.Amdt.238 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/107th-congress/houseamendment/238) to H.R.2590 (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002)
Prohibit use of funds in the bill giving an exclusive or partially exclusive licenses to
pharmaceutical companies pursuant to chapter 18, U.S.C., relating to the availability to the
public of an invention and its benets on reasonable terms. H.Amdt.376
H.R.3061 (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Provide $100 million for federally qualied community health centers. H.Amdt.404
H.R.3338 (Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery
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from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002)

Increase funding for weatherization assistance grants by $15 million with offsets from other
energy conservation activities. H.Amdt.255 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/108thcongress/house-amendment/255) to H.R.2691 (Department of the Interior and Related
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. H.Amdt.336
H.R.2861 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/108thcongress/house-bill/2861) enacted as H.R.2673 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004)

None.

Provide $242 million for the weatherization assistance program. S.Amdt.737
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/110th-congress/senate-amendment/737) to
H.R.1591 (U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability
Establish an energy efciency and renewable energy worker training program. S.Amdt.1515
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/110th-congress/senate-amendment/1515) to H.R.6
(Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/110thcongress/house-bill/6/)
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Require that not less than 30% of the hot water demand for certain new or substantially
modied Federal buildings be met through the installation and use of solar hot water
heaters. S.Amdt.1525 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/110th-congress/senateamendment/1525) to H.R.6 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007)
Increase specially adapted housing benets for disabled veterans. S.Amdt.4384
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/110th-congress/senate-amendment/4384/) to
H.R.3221 (Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008)

Require the Comptroller General of the United States to report to Congress on nancial
assistance for child care available to deployed members of the reserve components of the
Armed Forces. S.Amdt.1658 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senateamendment/1658/) to S.1390 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010)
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1390)
Increase funds for the school community garden pilot program by $2.5 million, with an
offset. S.Amdt.2271 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senateamendment/2271/) to H.R.2997 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010)
Make available $20 million for veteran outreach and reintegration services under the Yellow
Ribbon Reintegration Program from the from Overseas Contingency Operations budget.
S.Amdt.2601 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senateamendment/2601/) to H.R.3326 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010)
Require the non-partisan Government Accountability Ofce to conduct an independent
audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that does not interfere with
monetary policy, to let the American people know the names of the recipients of over $2
trillion in taxpayer assistance from the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.3738 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senateamendment/3738/) to S.3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010)
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3217/text)
Require recipients of TARP funding to meet strict H-1B worker hiring standard to ensure
non-displacement of U.S. workers. S.Amdt.306
(https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senate-amendment/306) to H.R.1
(American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/111thcongress/house-bill/1)
Require the Comptroller General of the United States to report to Congress on nancial
assistance for child care available to deployed members of the reserve components of the
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Armed Forces. S.Amdt.1658 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senateamendment/1658) to S.1390 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010)
Require the Administrator of the General Services to make publicly available the contractor
integrity performance database established under the Clean Contracting Act of 2008.
S.Amdt.4280 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senateamendment/4280) to H.R.4899 (Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010)

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VA reform bill expands health care facilities, allows veterans to go outside the VA system to
private health care providers when wait times are too long or if a veteran lives more than 40
miles away from a VA facility, and makes it easier to re VA ofcials. S.2450 (Veterans
Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014)
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2450/) enacted as H.R.3230
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3230/)(Veterans Access, Choice,
and Accountability Act of 2014) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/housebill/3230/)
Directs the Secretary of the VA to increase, as of December 1, 2013, the rates of veterans
disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance
for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving
spouses and children.Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase
in benets provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the
Social Security Act, on the same effective date. S.893 (Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2013) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/893)
Modify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Secretary of the Army over
interring the remains and honoring the memory of a person in a national cemetery.
S.Amdt.2146 (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/113th-congress/senateamendment/2146/text) to S.1471 (Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act)
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None as of this writing (11/9/15).
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66 responses to What Bernie Sanders Got Done in

Washington: A LegislativeInventory
vegwell says:
November 13, 2015 at 12:33 am
You really should make it clear that when you say sponsored you mean co-ponsored iewritten and introduced by someone else.
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PW says:
Not sure what you mean. All the legislation listed here was sponsored, not co-sponsored,
by Bernie Sanders.
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kennycouch says:
Are you sure, this links provided in you article name Bill McCollum (R-FL) as sponsor
to H.R.665, Eernest J. Istook Jr. (R-OK) for H.R.2599, James T. Walsh (R-NY) for
H.R.2684 Those are just random ones checked. Maybe follow your own links?
kennycouch says:
My error, I see those are amendment to existing legislation. Reader-error
PW says:
Understandable. This kind of in-depth legislative research fried my brain after about 30
minutes.
V. Rogers says:
February 13, 2016 at 9:39 pm
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I went over what Bernie accomplished.. 91-92 he must have cosponsored 500 or more
bills. I quit looking in that time span because after the 1st 250 items with Bernie
sponsoring only 5 bills himself, none passed, I skipped to the current stuff. Considering
the volume of bills, amendments produced, Bernie isnt a standout. What I wonder is
why he has so few endorsements from fellow congressmen considering the amount of
bills he cosponsored with EVERYBODY. Most never passed but still.
Linda Woods Alexander says:
Submitting bills is something any Senator can do numerous ones ofits only the ones
that manage to get support and get to the oor for votes, then made into law, that count.
Bernie had only one bill made into lawfor a cost of living for Veterans. AND 2 to
name post ofces. His butt wasnt glued to that Senate/House chair.what did he
actually do out in the trenches to advocate for women and children health and
education issues. Hillary has multiple documented things shes done for them. What
has he done out in the trenches for minorities and civil rights issues other than to march
in a few marches 40 years ago?? What has he done LATELYbefore hes gone on the
campaign trail to claim hes so concerned?? NOTHING..What has he actually gotten
done to ease the income inequality thats actually made a difference, except to shout
about it?? Bernie is a talkerand Hillary Clinton has been one to do something about it.
THAT is why Im voting for Hillary!!!
PW says:
February 18, 2016 at 11:53 am
^Linda Woods Alexander: what did he actually do out in the trenches to advocate for
women and children health and education issues.
As mayor of Burlington, Sanders jump-started the citys participatory energies in other
ways as well. Early on he established a Youth Ofce, an Arts Council, and a Womens
Council, whose rst major initiative was an ordinance requiring 10 percent of all cityfunded construction jobs to be lled by women.
What else he did for kids as mayor: Run by a mix of volunteers and public servants,
the Mayors Youth Ofce set about implementing new programs: launching a
Burlington public access TV show run by kids; opening a sliding-fee scale daycare thats
still running; helping the elderly with snow shoveling; and starting a newspaper run by
teenagers that published stories on issues ranging from teen suicide to the school
budget.
Sanders was such a good advocate for women and children Gloria Steinem dubbed him
an honorary woman in 1996:
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Gloria Steinem endorses Bernie Sanders
Linda Woods Alexander: What has he done out in the trenches for minorities and
civil rights issues other than to march in a few marches 40 years ago??
While the Clintons were shilling for the establishment candidate Dukakis in 1988,
Sanders was the only white politician who endorsed Barack Obamas predecessor, Jesse
Jackson:
Bernie Sanders on Jesse Jackson and the Democratic P...
Jackson actually carried Vermont thanks in no small part to Bernies efforts.
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Since then, Sanders maintained a 97% NAACP voting record while in Congress among
other things.
Apparently that isnt good enough for you so youll vote for a pro-war, pro-corporate
candidate who has a record of stabbing women and kids in the back as soon as its
politically expedient for her to do so.
Elizabeth Warren vs. Hillary Clinton (2004)
Oh, and Clinton called (Black) kids/teenagers superpredators with no empathy who
have to be brought to heel (like dogs):
Hillary Clinton and African American 'Super Predators'
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Good luck with that.

Diana Hanford Demarest says:
This is one of the most important posts I have seen on Bernie. Please keep it updated.
Well need it in the general =D
vegwell says:
April 26, 2016 at 9:10 pm
There are only three bills that he wrote, was the primary sponsor of, and introduced,
that actually made it into law. Two of those were renaming post ofces. These 3 bills
were spread over 25 years in ofce. Co-Sponsoring a bill is nice, but it doesnt require
much, nor does it show much skill.
PW says:
April 27, 2016 at 9:37 am
This list does not include legislation he co-sponsored, so you can lay off the red herring
here.
The fact of the matter is that he got more done in the Senate in his rst 8 years than Clinton
did in her 8 years there. https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/fact-bernie-sandersgot-more-done-in-the-senate-than-hillary-clinton/
The fact that he became the amendment king of the House while remaining independent of
both parties shows that he has a lot of legislative skill.
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John says:
Thank the Gods that Bernie doesnt quitnever gives up on us poor individuals who give
up sooooooo easily.
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pberg2 says:
January 4, 2016 at 1:06 pm
Bernie and his past amendments are nice, but if you CARE about Terrorists, ISIS, Middle
East conict between Israel and all the other countries, Russia and China, or Womens
issues if you have wife and daughters, if you care about other matters then breaking up
banks, and thinking you are going to make CEOs start giving income equality to
employees, you are barking up the wrong treeMost of these things are NOT Priorities
in todays age.
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PW says:
And Sanders has the best positions on Russia, China, Israel, and ISIS as well. See:
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http://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-foreign-policy-and-national-security/berniesanders-on-foreign-policy/
https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/understanding-bernie-sanders-foreignpolicy-approach/
gini says:
I care about terrorists which is why I have a problem with HRC adding to the
proliferation of weapons to 20 countries with abysmal human rights records. During her
Sec. of State tenure 143% of such deals increased as compared to same time frame in
Bush Admin., she received donations to Clinton Foundation before, during and after
her tenure. She has 150 FBI agents now investigating her email issue and maybe more
importantly the Foundation. Israel was alarmed by her activity on weapons deals and
said it would make the region more unstable. She received monetary incentive to broker
these deals, I dont see how it can be looked at any other way, its called pay as you
play criminal charges she may be facing. Will charges stick? If not it will be due to a
technicality. Is it my imagination, or does the majority now seem to agree that the Iraq
war grew the number of terrorists we have today exponentially. You must know how
she and Sanders voted on that one. I have kids too and believe in setting the bar high.
We had 100 free tuition community colleges here in CA, its not like its never been done.
Im think Im teaching my kids about the importance of voting, not about living in fear.
Im think Im teaching my kids about valuing integrity by voting for the more honest
candidate. The two dem candidates are equal in my opinion on many Womens issues,
though many say Clinton has made some compromises that hurt low income women.
Sanders income equality platform is really the foundation for equality for all women
not shaming women into a vote based on gender, some of us have moved on from that
stance.
nalleg says:
November 13, 2015 at 2:03 pm
Good Work! Im taking notes, trying to spread the word.
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Janey Mitchell says:
How can I get a printable copy of this information. I want to be able to carry it around and
show people who dont know.
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PW says:
Does this work? https://pplswar.les.wordpress.com/2015/11/printableleg.pdf
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Xena Amazon says:
December 30, 2015 at 5:13 am
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Make sure you double check this stuff not all of it is accurate.
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PW says:
January 1, 2016 at 12:47 am
Whats not accurate?
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Tom says:
I see lots of items here regarding his support of the poor and deserving (and that is
commendable), but little regarding trade, jobs, security of our nation. I like Bernie a lot, but we
need more than just giving to the needy. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!!!!
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PW says:
Sanders job-creating bills and amendments were consistently killed by Congress.
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pberg2 says:
and would be as President, I am afraid..
PW says:
^Which is why election Sanders is only the rst step, not the last step.
https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/partisan-gridlock-or-political-revolutionthe-consequences-of-choosing-clinton-over-sanders/
Josh Bellik says:
PW great read. Thanks for all the leg work on this I will denitely be sharing.
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Nahshon Hollis says:
How can the case be made that Bernie has a good plan and likelihood, going foward, of getting
things done and accomplishing his proposals? That seems to be the key issue stopping Hillary
supporters from considering to support Bernie.
The main argument from Hillary supporters seems to be that Bernie will have a much harder
time getting things done and has an unrealistic plan. Hillary seems to emphasize negotiating
with Republicans and taking executive action when they fail to negotiate, while Bernie
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emphasizes driving up public political involvement and building an ongoing grassroots

movement to pressure and change Congress after the elections are over.
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PW says:
How can the case be made that Bernie has a good plan and likelihood, going foward, of
getting things done and accomplishing his proposals?
Ive made that case here: https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/partisan-gridlockor-political-revolution-the-consequences-of-choosing-clinton-over-sanders/
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Xena Amazon says:
May 12, 2016 at 7:18 pm
Its a question of who is more qualied. Its all well and good to dream. The fact of the
matter is unless Bernie plans on coming into ofice with a magic wand, this stuff isnt
going to happen. His healthcare proposal is based on voodoo math. A 5% sustained
growth rate has never happened in recent history. Remember Jeb!s plan based on a
4% growth rate? It was dismissed as a pipe dream. And while Gerald Friedman thinks it
realistic, the majority of economists, including left-wing economists, consider it
completely unrealistic. Wed also be looking at the largest increase in taxes on the
middle class in US history. Americans simply wont buy it.
PW says:
May 13, 2016 at 3:52 pm
^Sorry but Keynesianism works. Jebs plan was a joke because lining the pockets of the
1% with more tax cuts wouldnt spur much additional investment or consumption.
Giving middle America higher wages, lowering their health care costs, and
eliminating/reducing enormous student debt would undoubtedly lead to greater
consumption by the masses. We had growth rates like that in the post-WW2 era thanks
to high wages (due to union power), the G.I. bill, and a whole range of subsidies that
encouraged home ownership and the growth of the middle class. Bottom-up growth a
la the 1950s that a Sanders administration would engender is the only way to get 5%
growth.
PW says:
December 17, 2015 at 4:26 pm
TL;DR version
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Lora Jasan says:
Yes, that sounds about right. Overall I prefer Bernies plan to Hillarys, as it moves the
body politic in the direction it needs to go in, if we are to preserve and expand the voters
voice. Unfortunately, Hillary is not planning to change the system, as she believes it works
(for her). We NEED a change; that is why many voted for Obama. Bernie has the advantage
over Obama in that he already knows how hard it is to get bipartisan cooperation. Look
again at that list!
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Barry says:
March 23, 2016 at 11:18 pm
Lora Jasan: Unfortunately, Hillary is not planning to change the system.
This is the crux of what should concern every one of us and why Bernie, as the
revolutionary candidate is what America needs. It is good to have the evidence
(THANK YOU for your superb research and analysis, PW) that Bernie works well and
has succeeded within the system, but who can we most trust to at least TRY to lead
Congress and the public toward legislation that changes the game?
Bernie is focused on the right issues: Medicare for all (fuck healthcare reform!). Free
(or at least heavily subsidized) higher education. (You want better government, start
with a better [educated] electorate.) Public safety and welfare. (E.g., environmental
protection; judicious use of our military and covert operations; curtailing our proigate
military-industrial-Congressional complex; appropriately regulating corporations and
Wall Street so our jobs, income, and savings are secure while not conducting class
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warfare or a war on capitalism; federal control and promotion of equal rights and
protection no matter what backwater state you live in). OMG, is America ready for
this? We gotta at least TRY. And Bernies the only one leading the charge.
Lora Jasan says:
PW: Thank you for putting this online! Sharing!!
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PW says:
January 19, 2016 at 9:14 am
Youre very welcome. Glad you nd it useful.
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john koelbl says:
I like Bernie!
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Reblogged this on Marc Gilbert-Widmann.
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Greg Jaspan says:
Im not sure who you are but I just want to say excellent work! One question:
You say the list is of substantive bills and amendments Sanders sponsored from the oor of
Congress that became law, and in the next sentence say, 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 nal legislative text and did not become law.
Are the roll-call amendments something different than the type of amendments in the list? Im
just a little confused about which amendments became law and which ones were removed
from bills and did not become law.
Thanks!
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PW says:
No, the amendments are all roll-call amendments. Sorry for the confusing terminology.
Its also possible for legislators to insert amendments during negotiations between the
House and Senate to reconcile different versions of the same bill but nding the paper
record of that (over the internet rather than in person at the Library of Congress) is
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impossible. I know for a fact that Sanders has gotten amendments through during the
reconciliation stage to boost funding for the Vermont VA because his ofce writes press
releases announcing these moves but Congress.gov does not at this time have accessible
records on that so I couldnt really include them here. The other thing that prevented me
from cataloging those amendments is the fact that Sanders House.gov website was taken
down after he became a Senator starting in January 2007 so those amendment press
releases from 1991-2006 no longer exist on the internet, unfortunately.
What this means is that a truly comprehensive list of his list of accomplishments is much
greater than what this list was able to capture. For example, after doing some research I
discovered he was one of the big proponents in Congress of getting Gulf War syndrome
recognized as a legit illness which the Pentagon and VA resisted for many, many years:
Bernie Sanders: Persian Gulf War Illness Investigation (...
After many years of hearings and pushes by Sanders to fund studies of Gulf War veterans,
Gulf War syndrome was recognized as a legit illness and vets nally started getting
treatment for it. Obviously it would be wrong to give him all the credit for that since he
worked with others throughout the process but he does deserve at least some of the credit.
A VA staffer wrote a post about what its like to work for Sanders and he noted that much
of what he does to help people is done far away from news cameras when basically nobody
is really looking:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-work-with-Bernie-Sanders/answer/CarterMoore
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Greg Jaspan says:
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Wow our government works in bizarre ways! Thank for the clarication though! Youve
done some excellent work on here. I will be referencing some of your posts whenever I
need some sources to support my pro-Bernie arguments. Keep it up!
Todd says:
All told, Mr. Sanders introduced 353 bills during 16 years in the House and nine years in the
Senate, giving him a success rate of just less than 1 percent. By comparison, Sen. Jack Reed, a
Rhode Island Democrat who like Mr. Sanders has amassed a quarter-century in Congress, has
had eight bills signed into law out of 376 introduced.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom Mr. Sanders is challenging for the Democratic nomination,
spent eight years in the Senate. She introduced 409 bills on which she was the lead sponsor,
and three became law: renaming a post ofce, naming a highway and establishing a national
historic site in Troy, New York, to recognize female labor leader Kate Mullany.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/27/bernie-sanders-record-in-congressshows-little-soc/?page=all
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PW says:
Of course this right-wing publication skipped over Sanders Senate record (where he got
more done than Clinton in his rst 8 years than she did in hers) and what does Jack Reed
have anything to do with anything? Hes not running for president and hes not a
progressive, so who knows whether what he got done was good or bad.
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Greg Jaspan says:
Your troll slap-downs are top notch! They stand no chance here
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gilmbaker says:
March 18, 2016 at 5:13 pm
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Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi dubbed Sanders the amendment king of the House of
Representatives noting:
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Since the Republicans took over Congress in 1995, no other lawmaker not Tom DeLay, not
Nancy Pelosi has passed more roll-call amendments (amendments that actually went to a
vote on the oor) than Bernie Sanders. He accomplishes this on the one hand by being
relentlessly active, and on the other by using his status as an Independent to form left-right
coalitions.
The following is a list of every substantive bill and amendment Sanders sponsored from the
oor of Congress that became law (substantive meaning legislation renaming post ofces 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 nal legislative text and did not
become law.
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Yar Renhcahcs says:
March 22, 2016 at 5:50 pm
Someone asked why with some many bills not many passed. The way I see it is Bernie Sanders
bills are aimed at helping people and a lot of the times it will not benecial to the corporations
or other congress men who have those corporations in their pockets. Greed is the # 1 rule in
congress and Bernie is trying to go against it
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natruthstudent says:
April 6, 2016 at 3:19 pm
Wonderful article, very detailed and informative. I plan on using a lot of what youve said here
in my own efforts to help elect Bernie to the Oval Ofce.
That said, Ive found many instances of people supporting Mrs. Clinton making excuses for
things like her record of ipopping. Oh, she just changed her mind. But they say that the
one time Im aware of where Bernie changed his mind due to evidence that contradicted his
previous position, that is, on gun control and the NRA, those Hillary supporters say that he
ipopped.
That would be hilarious if it wasnt so serious. Bernie ipopped but Hillary just changed
her mind. Cognitive dissonance, anyone?
Ive also run into people who just dont care about the facts or the record. I know several
people who say they wont vote for Bernie because hes a socialist, completely disregarding
the fact that many of the agencies and programs we have here that help We the People are the
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very denition of socialism, that it, paid for and operated by the government for the benet of
the people.
One guy actually said he wont support Sanders because hes a communist. When I
suggested that he review the differences between democratic socialism and communism, he
insisted that there are no difference.
And to top it off, one woman actually told me that she wont even look at the actual evidence
supporting Sanders, that hes a liar and the evidence lies.
How do you deal with such people?
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PW says:
April 7, 2016 at 9:34 am
I block/ignore the lunatics. Helps keep me sane.
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Greg Jaspan says:
April 7, 2016 at 2:29 pm
First step in dealing with such people is to do exactly what it sounds like you did
politely try talk some sense into them. If that doesnt work, then as PW said, simply ignore
such fools. Trying to talk sense into some people is like trying to talk sense into a wall.
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Delores says:
April 23, 2016 at 8:02 pm
Bernie Sanders has had hundreds of sponsored bills, and co-sponsored but the link refuses to
to allow it to load or advance fully. I wonder why that is? Hmmmm. Probably for the same
reason that Establishment no longer allows anyone to comment on their sites now unless they
pay to subscribeat least not known Bernie Supporters.
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Delores says:
April 23, 2016 at 8:08 pm
A YUGE list of bill Bernie Sanders wrote, or co-sponsored. BUT, it would not
allow me to go back to when he startedit kept folding. And he vote on bills and to introduce
a new bill or two while Campaigning for President, also Are there too many to bring them all
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up? On the other hand Hillary abstained from voting on bills 2/3 of the time she was
Senator, and only co-sponsered a couple of bills.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400357
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lilian rodarte says:
May 12, 2016 at 9:01 pm
What about that legislation from 1993 where he suggests if Congress passes NAFTA making
Americans compete with the slave wages of Mexico then congress should lead by example and
reduce theuro pay to match those of Mexicos government
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PW says:
May 13, 2016 at 3:43 pm
Sadly it was never voted on. More here:
https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/when-bernie-sanders-trolled-congress-overnafta/
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