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May 8, 2012 No Thanks Close The Daily Caller Social Experience Let your friends help you discover the best news, features and videos on TheDC. Publish what you read and maintain full control. Login with Facebook Subcommittee to consider bills to end or amend the Fed (The Daily Caller)

May 7, 2012

By Michael Bastasch A House subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on proposals to reform or end the Federal Reserve System, Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul announced last Friday. The Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee will hear testimony from economists and lawmakers Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill. “More and more people are beginning [...]

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Bernie Sanders: Congress spends day and night worrying about the wealthy (Raw Story)

April 18, 2012

By Eric W. Dolan At a congressional summit Wednesday about the Citizens United decision, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said the U.S. Congress was only concerned about the “wealthy and powerful” because of the influence of campaign contributions. “This country faces enormous problems, the middle-class is declining, poverty is increasing, we’re worried about global warming, we’re [...]

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Vermont lawmakers work to unravel Citizens United ruling (Burlington Free Press)

April 14, 2012

By Nicole Gaudiano WASHINGTON – Vermont’s congressional delegation is backing legislation designed to fight secretive campaign spending by strengthening disclosure laws. The lawmakers’ goal is to weaken the effects of the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, which allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts on ads criticizing [...]

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Bernie Sanders Trashes the Senate for Passing the Anti-jobs JOBS Act (PolitcusUSA)

March 22, 2012

By Jason Easley Sen. Bernie Sanders has again spoken out for the people by standing up against a phony jobs bill passed by the Senate that loosens protections for investors and doesn’t create jobs. After the Senate passed the bill 73-26, Sen. Sanders said in a statement, The so-called ‘JOBS Act’ is an extremely anti-consumer, [...]

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Vermont senators blast the JOBS Act after Senate passes it (Raw Story)

By Eric W. Dolan Vermont Sens. Bernie Sanders (I) and Patrick Leahy (D) on Thursday trashed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, saying it could lead to another financial crisis. The Senate voted 73 to 26 to pass the bill, which was aimed at making it easier for small business’s to raise capital. But [...]

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Rare bipartisanship as Senate passes jobs, insider-trading bills (Washington Times)

By Sean Lengell In a rare burst of activity, the Senate broke through its gridlock rut Thursday and passed two bipartisan measures aimed at cutting red tape for small businesses and explicitly banning insider stock trading for members of Congress. The Democrat-controlled Senate voted 73-26 to pass the House Republicans’ Jobs Act, which is designed [...]

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Wall Street’s Killer Day on Capitol Hill (The Nation)

By George Zornick The US Senate burst forth from lethargy on Thursday, passing not one but two major bills with overwhelming bipartisan support. The STOCK Act, which prohibits insider trading by members of Congress and their staffs, passed 96-3, and the JOBS Act, which is supposed to make it easier to for small business to [...]

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Super PACs Gone Wild: This Is “Tip of the Iceberg” If Citizens United Isn’t Overturned, Sen. Sanders Warns (Daily Ticker)

March 9, 2012

As of Super Tuesday, so-called Super PACs have spent more than $66 million on the GOP primaries, more than the total Super PAC spending during the entire 2010 midterms, according to The Center for Public Integrity. “You’re looking at the tip of the iceberg,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tells The Daily Ticker. “What people are [...]

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Town by town, Vermont tackles corporate personhood (Burlington Free Press)

March 6, 2012

By Wilson Ring MONTPELIER — A senator with socialist leanings was among the first. Then there was Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream fame. Stephen Colbert has tweeted in favor. And now people in at least 52 Vermont communities will use the bully pulpit of that New England institution, Town Meeting Day, to push [...]

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51 Vermont Towns to Vote on Overturning Citizens United on Town Meeting Day (7 Days Blurt Blog)

March 5, 2012

By Andy Bromage Hinesburg will debate borrowing $275,000 to pay for septic system improvements at a mobile home park. Charlotte will discuss building a new sidewalk on the Ferry Road. Richmond voters will decide whether local police should use a military surplus Humvee acquired by the town’s chief. As usual, the agendas facing Vermonters this [...]

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