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      <excerpt>...Agriculture Appropriations bill. The bill was signed into law by President Obama Oct. 21. The amendment, authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and co-sponsored by senators from across the country, was originally included in the Senate Agriculture A</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Moderates have balked at everything from the opt-out for states to abortion language, while liberals like Roland Burris and Bernie Sanders say it's public option or bust for them. Reid's immodest observation on his bill yesterday: &quot;'If you're not impres</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Sen. Bernie Sanders is speaking out about a new report showing the pharmaceutical industry has raised prices on brand-name drugs by about 9 percent this year. Sanders says people simply can't afford that kind of an increase. &quot;At a time when health care </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Brown (Ohio), Roland Burris (Ill.), Al Franken (Minn.), Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.). They met&#160;in Reid's Capitol office&#160;with the majority leader, Majority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) and FInance C</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...might be inadequate as well. There is a simpler answer, one endorsed by former Fed chairmen Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King: Break them up. Any bank that's too big to fail is too big to exist. .</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...was discussed. You can talk to the leader about that, said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), one of Reids lieutenants. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) also declined to say whether they specifically pressed Reid about using reconciliation during their meeting M</excerpt>
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