Video from a town hall meeting by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in Cabot, VT shows him being heckled by Hamas supporters despite his criticism of Israel. Sanders said that Israel “overreacted,” and some of their actions were “terribly, terribly wrong.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made apparent inaccurate claim regarding voter turnout while railing against “oligarchy” in American voting and the Koch Brothers on MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Daily” on Tuesday. Sanders claimed “what goes on now in America in an election
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took on his critics that have argued he was an apologist for the Veterans Administration based on earlier statements he had made. Sanders acknowledged there were glowing
On this morning’s edition of Washington Journal, Leo Shane, the congressional reporter for the Military Times, received a surprise when he fielded calls from veterans and active duty military members on the VA healthcare system. One of those veterans, a
On CSPAN’s “Newsmakers” earlier this week, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chair Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said while discussing delays in health care for veterans at VA hospitals because of false waiting list that overall veterans receive excellent care. Sanders said
Friday on Free Speech TV, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said it’s time for a carbon tax on U.S. companies. He explained he and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) want to target 3,000 of the most significant fossil fuel producers in the
On Monday afternoon, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and “socialist” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had an intense debate on CNN’s “The Situation Room”…
On Friday January 3, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sent a letter to the National Security Agency asking if “the agency has monitored the phone calls, emails and Internet traffic of members of Congress and other elected officials.” The agency responded
When I was a kid I used to pray for the snowy days of winter. When the other kids were dreaming of a day free from the drudgery of school and the fun of sledding and snowmen, I was thinking
Obama used to amuse crowds with an allegory about Republicans who had driven the economy into a ditch and were now complaining that he wasn’t getting it out of the ditch fast enough. Five years into his tenure, his own
One of Congress’s few members not belonging to a major party is reportedly mulling over a 2016 campaign for the presidency. Self-described “democratic socialist” Senator Bernie Sanders told his hometown Vermont newspaper this week that he was “very much in
The November issue of Playboy features an interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who spends much of the article railing against the evils of capitalism and its alleged control of the political system. Playboy does deserve some credit for ideological diversity: in
Lobbyists for resorts, au pair agencies, and the seafood industry successfully slipped special-interest perks into the Senate immigration bill, reports USA Today. And Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) successfully fought to include in the bill a $1.5 billion taxpayer-funded set aside
After sailing through her confirmation hearing, Penny Pritzker was confirmed on Tuesday by the U.S. Senate as the next Secretary of Commerce. Despite strong opposition from both liberals and conservatives, the Senate voted 97 to 1 to confirm Pritzker. Self-described democratic
Breitbart News has learned there is a provision included in the immigration bill that could be used to give free cars, motorcycles, scooters or other vehicles to young people around the country over a period of 15 months after the
On Monday’s The Ed Show Senator Bernie Sanders said Ryan’s budget cuts to Medicaid would mean a “death sentence for a whole lot of people all over this country.”
IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK… Here is something you won’t read in the mainstream press. Not in the Toledo Blade, the Cleveland Plain Dealer or even USA Today: 1. Barack Obama is out of touch and opposed to the
Does a socialist by another name still think bigger central government solves every problem? If Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is your test case, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” Sherrod was a member of the fringe-left Congressional Progressive Caucus during
In the midst of a massive fiscal crisis, a take-no-prisoners budget battle, a historically long recession, and two (make that three) wars, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) knows what really matters. He’s pushing the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. to only
Jeff Poor at the Daily Caller: Only a studio audience of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” could give self-described “socialist” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the lion’s share of applause. But when it came to the issue of vacation time
Socialist senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont appeared on Cenk Uygur’s MSNBC show (which has no name) and said that rich Americans “have not contributed one nickel to deficit reduction.”
Proof positive that the Pentagon, despite a noble mission, is just another bloated, inefficient, bureaucratic entity: hundreds of contractors who have committed fraud against the Department of Defense are still getting contracts! From the AP: WASHINGTON — Hundreds of defense
It’s funny how lefties always consider themselves the more “logical,” the more civilized,” and more “adult” side of the argument. Why, they just want to have an adult debate to explain how correct their ideas are, right? Well, they might
Despite being one of the more unpopular policies in America, the death tax is set to be resurrected on January 1st. How high it will ultimately rise remains to be seen. If the tax deal passes, it will return at
