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In reply to the discussion: AOC hits back at the MSM [View all]Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)64. You obviously don't read your own posts.
I said he supported her in the healthcare fight in 1993-94. Hillary's "thank you" to Bernie backed me up on that,which you refuse to acknowledge. That wasn't good enough for you. Instead you decided to focus on their different interpretations of universal healthcare as proof of his non-support. Bernie wanted single payer and Hillary wanted more of a private sector solution. Single payer was by no means a "non starter."It had support of some very influential Democrats.
In August 1994, near the end of the Clinton administrations fight for a health care overhaul, Sanders joined a group of liberal Democrats four others in the House and six in the Senate in opposing a Senate compromise bill backed by President Clinton that was expected to extend health coverage to 95 percent of Americans. A United Press International story from Aug. 4, 1994, says Sanders attended a rally on the east lawn of the Capitol in which Rep. McDermott urged the president to push for legislation with 100 percent universal coverage. Also attending: Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Xavier Becerra of California, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York.
Neither the House nor Senate versions of the administration plan came to a floor vote.
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She's trying to rationalize her poor showing. "If you're explaining, you're losing". n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2018
#2
What policies do you think defines a candidate as "Progressive" that are not in the
Squinch
Aug 2018
#24
Then WHAT ARE THEY???? Policy differences, not philosophy differences. WHAT ARE THEY?
Squinch
Aug 2018
#46
And still, you have named NO POLICY on which we differ. No matter what names you call me,
Squinch
Aug 2018
#74
And PS, WTF with the left field accusation that I have called leftists "mysogynists" and "racists?"
Squinch
Aug 2018
#76
My state governor, "standard Democrat" Andrew Cuomo is delivering on the $15 minimum wage
lapucelle
Aug 2018
#72
what are you talking about? most progressive platform in what way? Back that up.
JCanete
Aug 2018
#44
No. She's fighting back against the bullshit that is trying to bury left-wing progressives and put
JCanete
Aug 2018
#47
i dont want our party hijacked....we need to be on high alert for things that sound
samnsara
Aug 2018
#27
There's more history to it than a picture from 1993. Easily Googleable info. nt
R B Garr
Aug 2018
#54
Nice try.Sounds like the gumming up or pretzel twisting isn't being done by me.
Power 2 the People
Aug 2018
#60
There's more to it than a picture from 1993. It's obvious you don't know, but it's easily
R B Garr
Aug 2018
#61
You keep trying to pretend that one picture and a "thank you" is the entire history
R B Garr
Aug 2018
#65