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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders to return to Senate for gun vote
By Nicole Gaudiano, USA TODAY
Bernie Sanders may still be a presidential candidate, but on Monday hes returning to his day job.
The Vermont senator will cast his first votes since January on gun legislation Monday after his absence from a Democrat-led filibuster Wednesday drew an angry response on social media. The 15-hour filibuster was held to demand action in the wake of the Orlando mass shooting on legislation to ban gun sales to suspected terrorists and expand background checks for gun buyers.
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Sanders returned to Vermont late Tuesday after a meeting with the presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton following the final primary of the Democratic campaign in D.C. He remained there for the video address Thursday night, but he tweeted from his Senate account his support for Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who led the filibuster.
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Sanders, who has represented gun-friendly Vermont in Congress for more than two decades, was hammered for his gun record by Clinton, who said he has sided with the gun lobby on key legislation. He has rejected her criticism and said he supports President Obamas actions to keep guns out of the wrong hands.
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Read it all at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/06/17/bernie-sanders-return-senate-gun-vote/86034770/
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Bernie Sanders to return to Senate for gun vote (Original Post)
yallerdawg
Jun 2016
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Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)1. file under "duh"
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)3. "...his first votes since January."
This is June.
What would make this "duh"?
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)4. Yeah, for most people this would be a "duh". YMMV.
This is likely the first important vote that either needs optics or the actual vote since June. It's not exactly and active engaged congress lately you know.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)2. Well, he is a Senator, isn't he?
So, he should be there for important votes. After the November election, he'll be able to devote his full attention to the job for which Vermont elected him. Actually, that should start in August, after the convention at the end of July.
Back to work, Bernie! Earn your paycheck.