| | Sirotablog: Who Is Bernie Sanders? |
 | | Sanders has confirmed that he will, in fact, be running for the Senate, so here are a few snippets to get you acquainted with why Bernie's election is so important to progressives: |
 | | He was also the original author of the $300 tax rebate that ultimately passed with President Bush's unfair 2001 tax cuts (Sanders offered his rebate as a substitute for Bush's tax cuts, and the rebate ended up being, by far, the most progressive piece of that tax legislation). |
 | | Vermont's Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders doesn't take corporate PAC money, so he's going to need all the grassroots help he can get in his upcoming 2006 campaign for the U.S. Senate. |
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