There is a RW meme that Sanders never got anything done in Congress, perhaps the GOP started it?

[Dragonfli]

The GOP implication appears to be that even with all his years of public service, a progressive like Bernie Sanders was too far to the left to accomplish anything.

That one has to be able to find the buypartisan way, in other words, adopt the least offensive GOP legislation as your own if you wish to accomplish anything, if one is not a member of the Republican party itself.

The problem with this bullshit right wing meme is that it is completely false, he's actually one of the most effective members of Congress, passing bills, of all sizes and shapes, that have reshaped American policy on key issues like poverty, the environment and health care.

[center][font size=3"]The Amendment King[/font][/center]

....Congress is not known to be a progressive institution lately, to say the least. Over the past few decades, the House of Representatives was only controlled by the Democrats from 2007 to 2010, and a flood of corporate money has quieted the once-powerful progressive movement that passed legislation moving the country forward between the New Deal era and the Great Society. Yet, as difficult as it may be to believe, a socialist from Vermont is one of its most accomplished members. ....

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....Sanders did something particularly original, which was that he passed amendments that were exclusively progressive, advancing goals such as reducing poverty and helping the environment, and he was able to get bipartisan coalitions of Republicans who wanted to shrink government or hold it accountable and progressives who wanted to use it to empower Americans.

Here are a few examples of the amendments Sanders passed by building unusual but effective coalitions:....

[font color="red"]Much more, but due to the three paragraph rule you will have to follow this link[/font]

There are so many examples in fact that you really need to read the entire article as it completely dispels this current GOP myth that Bernie Sanders after all his time in Congress achieved almost nothing, when in fact he was literally one of the most effective member of Congress! read the facts in the article itself, clearly the GOP is spreading lies about him...

[Admiral Loinpresser]

1. Bookmarking "Amendment King." thx n/t

[winter is coming]

2. Bernie's not about the shiny. To get amendment after amendment takes a lot of

patience and legwork. One of the reasons why I think Bernie's been so successful at passing amendments is that he's a straight dealer. People are more likely to bargain with you if they know you're not going to turn around and stab them in the back.

Apart from being pleased with his consistently progressive stances, I'm thrilled that we have a candidate who's into doing the hard slogging of actual governing. The way our political system is set up tends to favor candidates who are good at campaigning, not necessarily good at, or interested in, governing. That's why Trump is such a wildcard. I don't think he gives two shits about sitting at a desk and actually doing the work. If he delegated to someone sound, it might actually turn out better than we think, but I'm sure as fuck not going to bet on it.

[Dragonfli]

3. I could not agree more /nt

[HooptieWagon]

4. I'm sure the RW started it,...

...but not the GOP.

[Dragonfli]

5. Read the article, you'll see what I did there

[sketchy]

6. Excellent article

Another disgusting myth busted