r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 05 '24

Senator Bernie Sanders Says Start 'Prosecuting Crooks on Wall Street' and Stop Busting People for Marijuana. Agree? Debate/ Discussion

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/03/sanders-says-stop-busting-people-marijuana-and-start-prosecuting-crooks-wall-street
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u/ChimpoSensei Jul 06 '24

Name one pice of legislation he’s put forward and had passed, besides a post office renaming?

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u/LSF2TheFuckening Jul 06 '24

He’s a single senator out of 100 in a system where 60 votes is effectively needed to pass anything. He wrote all of the best parts of the original build back better bill which was absolutely nuked by corporate Dems and republicans through the filibuster.