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Lucinda

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Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:00 PM Feb 2016

A few interesting facts about Bernie's Senate record - (Hillary Group)

According to Govtrack, Bernie wrote 29 bills and resolutions in 2015, and not a single one had a Republican co-sponsor.

While he did co-sponsor the work of some Senate Republicans, not a single thing HE put forward in the Senate last year was a bi-partisan effort (0 - Dem/Rep - one did have an independent co-sponsor.) If he can't/wouldn't get Senate Republican co-operation as a peer, I fail to see how he would have any great luck bringing them to the table as POTUS.

The preceding two years were better, but both were less than 10 percent co-sponsored by Republicans.


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bernard_sanders/400357/report-card/2015



edited to indicate the one indy co-sponsor and again for clarity

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