Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, PartySick said: With bells on my #Warren2020 heels I don’t know what you look like but I’m imaging someone strutting in heels with Warren’s face on them and it’s sending me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 174,115 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, Marilyn MonHoe said: I don’t know what you look like but I’m imaging someone strutting in heels with Warren’s face on them and it’s sending me ~tongue pop~ y'all bishes ready for the Native American queen to give you some healthcare and protect your constitutional rights?! Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, PartySick said: ~tongue pop~ y'all bishes ready for the Native American queen to give you some healthcare and protect your constitutional rights?! Not Native American I- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane_c 480 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Consistent for 40 years of not getting anything passed except naming a post office. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehanyo 4,251 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 All those years and he hasn't accomplished a damn thing... except helping Trump win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 10:00 PM, shane_c said: Consistent for 40 years of not getting anything passed except naming a post office. On 5/17/2019 at 10:07 PM, thehanyo said: All those years and he hasn't accomplished a damn thing... except helping Trump win. Something he did as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont: Spoiler https://www.thenation.com/article/bernies-burlington-city-sustainable-future/ John Davis remembers a meeting in 1986 when Bernie Sanders, then the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, confronted the owners of the city’s largest affordable-housing complex. The federal program that had subsidized the Northgate Apartments for 20 years had a loophole that allowed the landlords to convert the buildings into market rentals or luxury condos. “Bernie pounded his fist on the conference table in his office and told the owners, ‘Over my dead body are you going to displace 336 working families. You are notgoing to convert Northgate into luxury housing,’” recalled Davis, who was Sanders’s key housing aide. Under Sanders’s leadership, the city adopted a number of laws to stifle the owners’ plans. One ordinance required apartment owners to give residents two years’ notice before a condo conversion. Others gave residents a pre-emptive right to buy the units and prohibited landlords from bulldozing buildings unless they replaced them with the same number of affordable units. (These measures lowered the selling price of the property.) Sanders then worked with the state government and Senator Patrick Leahy to get the $12 million needed to purchase and rehabilitate the buildings. The city allocated funds to help the tenants hire an organizer, form the Northgate Residents Association, and start the process of converting the complex to resident ownership. Today, Northgate Apartments is owned by the tenants and has long-term restrictions to keep the buildings affordable for working families. He was known as the “Amendment King” when he was in the House of Representatives: Spoiler https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/12/1483928/-What-has-Bernie-ever-accomplished From an Alternet story titled “Bernie Gets it Done: Sanders' Record of Pushing Through Major Reforms Will Surprise You” from back in October, the author Zaid Jilani points out that during a 12-year period in the House of Representatives, Bernie passed more amendments than any other House member, and was dubbed by the author: The Amendment King ... Despite the fact that the most right-wing Republicans in a generation controlled the House of Representatives between 1994 and 2006, the member who passed the most amendments during that time was not a right-winger like Bob Barr or John Boehner. The amendment king was, instead, Bernie Sanders. And these amendments were not trivial, nor just pork for the folks back home. Instead, they were called “exclusively progressive.” For example: Saving Money, for Colleges and Taxpayers (April 1998): In an amendment to H.R. 6, the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, Sanders made a change to the law that allowed the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education to make competitive grants available to colleges and universities that cooperated to reduce costs through joint purchases of goods and services. Holding IRS Accountable, Protecting Pensions (July 2002): Sanders' amendment to the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 2003 stopped the IRS from being able to use funds that “violate current pension age discrimination laws.” Although he faced stiff GOP opposition, his amendment still succeeded along a 308 to 121 vote. Expanding Free Health Care (November 2001): You wouldn't think Republicans would agree to an expansion of funds for community health centers, which provide some free services. But Sanders was able to win a $100 million increase in funding with an amendment. Getting Tough On Child Labor (July 2001): A Sanders amendment to the general appropriations bill prohibited the importation of goods made with child labor. Increasing Funding for Heating for the Poor (September 2004): Sanders won a $22 million increase for the low-income home energy assistance program and related weatherization assistance program. Those are only some of the many Amendments that he passed.... click the link if you are interested in looking at more of them. Recently was able to pressure Amazon into raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour: Spoiler https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/amazon-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-dollars-2018-10 Amazon has announced plans to raise the company's minimum wage in the US to $15, following sustained pressure from Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders. In a statement released Tuesday, Amazon said the salary increase, to more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25, would take effect on November 1. Amazon said the change would affect more than 250,000 full- and part-time employees plus more than 100,000 seasonal staff members who work for Amazon over the holiday season. "We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead," CEO Jeff Bezos said. "We're excited about this change and encourage our competitors and other large employers to join us." Bernie led an effort to end US support of the war in Yemen, the first time a War Powers Resolution had passed the House and Senate and made it to the president’s desk in the nations history. Spoiler https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/trump-second-veto-yemen-resolution-bernie-sanders-2019-4 Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who led the charge on this resolution, slammed Trump for his decision. "The people of Yemen desperately need humanitarian help, not more bombs," Sanders said in a tweet Tuesday night. "I am disappointed, but not surprised, that Trump has rejected the bi-partisan resolution to end U.S. involvement in the horrific war in Yemen." Next time y’all should use google to get more information before commenting on something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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