Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Would a President Bloomberg use his wealth to seek a third term if he wanted it? [View all]floppyboo
(2,461 posts)And he was defending it 5 years ago.
Bernie had misgivings casting his vote before the bill was passed 26(?) years ago. I agree with you. It was a mistake. But I don't agree that it is a deal breaker.
I'm looking at the vote details, and applaud Maxine Waters and John Lewis for rejecting this Clinton bill. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/103-1994/h416
Reasons from a recent CNN interview:
Sometimes you have legislation which includes very good stuff and very bad stuff, Sanders explained further. That legislation included very bad stuff. I had to make the choice whether I voted to ban assault weapons, something that I promised the people of Vermont I would, and I also had to vote to make sure that we had a Violence Against Women provision in there.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided