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In reply to the discussion: Why Bernie Sanders Matters More Than People Think by Benjamin Studebaker [View all]I admit, the "Amendment King" title is somewhat overwrought, but to the original point of the original post made above, Sanders' legislative accomplishments do not include merely three bills. 90 amendments is certainly not nothing.
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Beringia
Feb 2019
OP
I wish people would research this what you just said, like no tax returns as well.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2019
#47
I believe that anyone who wants to represent the Democratic party should avoid saying things like...
NurseJackie
Feb 2019
#10
I don't know why people are still running around in circles about these things. It's 2019.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#58
This demonstrates either intellectual dishonesty or misunderstanding of how modern legislating works
DSV
Feb 2019
#41
Most legislating is done by amendment of existing bills, not introduction of one's own bills,
DSV
Feb 2019
#45
Not seeing support for the statement ""Most legislating is done by amendment of existing bills."
ehrnst
Feb 2019
#84
I concede I may be incorrect in that statement depending on the interpetation. My apologies.
DSV
Feb 2019
#87
What other things would you include as metrics of a legislator's success at the job? (nt)
ehrnst
Feb 2019
#96
Sorry, not true. Most legislating is done by writing and introducing legislation.
George II
Feb 2019
#65
If that's the case (republicans in charge) why is it that Booker, Warren, Harris....
George II
Feb 2019
#93
Satirist* Matt Taibbi gave BS the Amendment King title in a 2005 Rolling Stone story.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#70
He's underwhelmed by satirist Matt Taibbi's old Amendment King talking point.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#61
I would counter that much of what congress has passed in the last 20 + years has been detrimental to
CentralMass
Feb 2019
#33
Studebaker has another article called "The Decline and Fall of Elizabeth Warren".
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#72