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In reply to the discussion: Meet Bernie Sanders' 2018 challenger [View all]Zinner88
(6 posts)Bernie negotiated a major bipartisan bill that improved veterans healthcare, and he has done quite a lot of work for veterans. That's why he has gotten awards from many veterans organizations, including the top award from the VFW. He's served as chair of the committee for veterans affairs (and chaired other committees for Democrats). Basically Bernie has always cared more about getting work done in legislation, rather than having to have his name all over bills, so a lot of his work has been done by amendments to bills, including the ACA. That's why Matt Taibbi called Bernie "The Amendment King" when he wrote about him in Rolling Stone. You don't win more than 70% of the votes in your state and get re-elected term after term by both liberals and conservatives unless you are doing the work. People who don't know about Bernie's accomplishments just haven't bothered to do a simple search.