Bernie, live now on Senate floor ... introducing an ammendment!!!

[understandinglife]

www.cnn.com

He is calling it out ... step by step ...

[Eric J in MN]

1. kick

kick

[brentspeak]

2. Bernie should threaten to caucus with the GOP unless Reid lets him add amendments to this rip-off

[cali]

16. uh, obviously Reid did let him introduce this amendment. In fact

Bernie said today on VPR that he believes his was the only amendment Reid allowed. And you obviously don't know much about Bernie- he would never, and I mean never make a cheap threat like that, and he would never caucus with the repubs.

[understandinglife]

18. You are so correct!!! Thank you.

[brentspeak]

38. Uh, looks like Reid allowed it to get voted down

The amendment didn't pass. Lip service.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Synopsis, please!!! nt

[understandinglife]

8. If you read this you will have the bulk of the points he is making ...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/1/163632/834/411/616918

[BrklynLiberal]

19. Michael Moore...he nows how to tell it like it is...

:loveya:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=237

[Myrina]

4. C-Span 2 also showing Bernie live ...

:patriot:

[seemslikeadream]

5. CSPAN link

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2_wm.aspx

[avaistheone1]

28. This link gives you a little bit larger CSPAN screen

http://chooseandwatch.com/

got to cspan2 Live

[seemslikeadream]

30. Thanks

:hi:

[chill_wind]

37. Thank you! n/t

[philly_bob]

6. "If it's too big to fail, it's too big to exist" Why let banks get even bigger?

Sanders points out that Paulson's solution allows giants like Bank of America to buy smaller companies.

Sanders covers all the most significant statistics: the 400 families, 30% credit card rates, etc.

Great speech!

[girl gone mad]

7. Go Bernie!

That's the kind of socialism I can get behind. Not this socialism for those at the top.

[femmedem]

9. Listening to him, I'm getting all choked up. n/t

[philly_bob]

10. Sanders is a self-described "democratic socialist". Love him!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders

[MadrasT]

11. Thanks!

Love his "visual aid" :rofl:

[philly_bob]

12. 10% tax on individuals making $500,000 or more a year. n/t

Would raise $300 billion.

OH YES!

[buzzard]

13. KIck Bump whatever. n/t

[MadrasT]

14. He just held up the petition! My name is on it!

:woohoo: 48,000 names cosigning his amendment!!

[Cleita]

32. Me too!

:woohoo: :bounce:

[chill_wind]

34. Mine too. n/t

[philly_bob]

15. "Go to those who made out like bandits to pay for the bailout!" n/t

[MadrasT]

17. Here's a link to his amendment

http://sanders.senate.gov/files/MAT08468_xml.pdf

[understandinglife]

20. Thank you!

[KoKo]

36. thanks...!

[OHDEM]

21. I sent him a personal thanks when I signed the petition

I think I'll send him another now! We all should!

[girl gone mad]

22. You can sign Bernie's petition..

looks like the site has been inundated.

http://sanders.senate.gov/petitions/?petition=Financial_Crisis_1

[philly_bob]

24. "Sorry, the web page you have requested is experiencing technical difficulties."

So many people want to sign Sanders petition!

Thanks for link, GGM.

[LunaSea]

26. working now

for me.

[TahitiNut]

25. Signed.

:thumbsup:

Any plan to clean up the mess on Wall Street must:

1. Ensure that middle income and working families are not the ones who are paying for this bailout by
   • Imposing a five-year, 10 percent surtax on income over $1 million a year for couples and over $500,000 for single taxpayers. That would raise more than $300 billion in revenue over five years;
   • Ensuring that assets purchased from banks are realistically discounted so companies are not rewarded for their risky behavior and taxpayers can recover the amount they paid for them; and
   • Requiring that taxpayers receive equity stakes in the bailed-out companies so that the taxpayers’ assumption of risk is rewarded when companies’ stock goes up.
   Taken together these three provisions will substantially reduce the likelihood that this bailout will end up on the backs of average American taxpayers.
2. Include a major economic recovery package which puts Americans to work at decent wages. Among many other areas, we can create millions of jobs rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and moving our country from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. Further, we must protect our must vulnerable families from the very difficult times they are experiencing.
3. Repeal the disastrous de-regulatory legislation that facilitated this crisis.
4. End the danger posed by companies that are “too big to fail,” that is, companies whose failure would cause systemic harm to the U.S. economy. If a company is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. We need to determine which companies fall in this category and then break them up.

[onethatcares]

29. signed,

we need to take back our country, one piece at a time.

[philly_bob]

23. Should be one hour debate on Sanders amendment.

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=303941

[philly_bob]

27. Schumer ignored Sanders amendment. n/t

[philly_bob]

31. Menendez ignores Sanders amendment. n/t

[Jeanette in FL]

33. Is there an official Senate C-SPAN thread

of these senators discussions. I would like to read what I have missed. I see Kerry on now.

Thank You.

[redwitch]

35. Thank you Bernie! (and understandinglife)

signed.