All links below are to search results on congress.gov. Bernie Sanders sponsored or co-sponsored 6,251 pieces of legislation during his time in Congress (Senate: 2007-present, or nine years; House: 1991-2006, or 15 years). Of these, he was the primary author of, or sponsored, 781 bills. Three of the bills he sponsored became law (two having to do withContinue reading “Sanders’s vs Clinton’s Senate Records”
Tag Archives: Hillary Clinton
Why Donor Base Matters: Leeches vs. Producers
We all know that there are companies that produce things, like Apple and Google and Microsoft and GM, and there are people who work for them (represented by unions). These companies that produce things are who I’m calling the “producers”: tech and manufacturers and their employees. They are the representatives of our real economy, theContinue reading “Why Donor Base Matters: Leeches vs. Producers”
Hillary Clinton and the Oil Industry
Hillary Clinton was recently accused by Greenpeace of taking massive amounts of money from the oil industry. Clinton, for her part, is not only denying it, but lying about Sanders being the source of this information (he’s not: Greenpeace itself has been working on this issue for some time — at least since 2012). TheContinue reading “Hillary Clinton and the Oil Industry”
Understanding “Bernie or Bust”
I’ve been following presidential elections since Ronald Reagan ran for office in 1980. I wasn’t able to vote in that one, but I could vote in a presidential election for the first time in 1984. This election cycle seems to me to be unlike any previous one in that a significant contingent of voters on bothContinue reading “Understanding “Bernie or Bust””
Trump vs. Hillary, State by State
As of 11:00 p.m. ET, of the fourteen states that have completed both GOP and Democratic Party primaries… Hillary Clinton has won the following states: AL, AR, GA, IA, LA, MA, MS, NV, SC, TN, TX, VA Donald Trump has won the following states: AL, AR, GA, LA, MA, MS, NV, NH, SC, TN, VA, VTContinue reading “Trump vs. Hillary, State by State”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 