Sen Bernie Sanders' Tax Cut Filibuster

[major.tom]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wrapped up an 8 ½ hour speech, or what his office called a “tax cut filibuster” on the Senate floor opposing the White House and Republican compromise on tax cuts and unemployment benefits. He began his speech at 10:25am saying, “I am simply here today to take as long as I can to explain to the American people the fact that we have got to do a lot better than this agreement provides.”

Highlight video:



You can also view the complete (?) speech on C-Span. (I think there is an hour missing between parts 2 and 3.)

Audio:

• part 1
  
• part 2
  
• part 3
  

[faceless]

nice one Major, I've just been listening and it's great stuff

[major.tom]

Unfortunately, the Senate passed the Tax Cut. However (as I understand it) it has not been approved by the House, so it's not a done deal.

Quite amazing endurance for an 69-year-old!

[pirtybirdy]

I can't wait until January when this lame duck congress is outta here. Then something can finally get done to repair the damage that Pelosi and crew have caused.