Week in Review
In a rare weekend session, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked a measure that would have extended tax cuts for American families with incomes under $250,000 and ended Bush-era tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. “What this debate is about is whether or not we continue to take money from the middle class and working families of this country who are struggling in a way that they have not struggled since the great depression in order to provide $700 billion over a 10-year period to the wealthiest people in this country,” Sanders said on the Senate floor moments before the vote. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the Senate will vote next week on a Sanders’ bill to provide a $250 payment to more than 50 million American retirees and disabled veterans.
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Highlights
Recent Business
- 12/03/10 - Week in Review
- 12/03/10 - Release: Vermont Delegation Wins Food Stamp Extension
- 12/03/10 - Release: Delegation Calls for Federal Support for Western Vermont Rail
- 12/02/10 - Tell the FCC: Block the NBC-Comcast Merger!
- 12/01/10 - Fed Lifts Veil of Secrecy
Must Read
- 12/03/10 - Editorial: Fed disclosures open way for accountability
- 12/02/10 - Lawmaker accuses Federal Reserve of conducting 'backdoor bailout' during financial crisis
- 12/01/10 - A Glimpse at the Senator Who Fought the Fed
- 11/23/10 - Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter
- 11/21/10 - Warren Buffett: Read My Lips, Raise My Taxes
News Watch
- 12/02/10 - News Dec. 2
- 12/01/10 - News Dec. 1 - PM Extra
- 12/01/10 - News Dec. 1
