| − | '''Bernie Sanders''', born September 8, 1941 (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is the only self-identified [[socialist|democratic socialist]] in the [[United States Congress]], and in 2006 became the first admitted socialist elected to the U.S. Senate to represent [[Vermont]]. Previously, he served in the House of Representatives for eight terms, after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington, the state's largest city. He usually caucuses with [[Democrats]]. | + | '''Bernie Sanders''', born September 8, 1941 (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is the only self-identified [[socialist|democratic socialist]] in the [[United States Congress]], and in 2006 became the first admitted socialist elected to the U.S. Senate to represent [[Vermont]]. Previously, he served in the House of Representatives for eight terms, after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington, the state's largest city. He usually caucuses with [[Democrats]]. He has a 100% pro-[[abortion]] voting record, but speaks out more on economic issues. |
| | He said this to [[Alan Greenspan]], Chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]], during a Financial Services Committee hearing in 2003: "The country club and the cocktail parties are not [[real America]]. You have defended over the years the abolition of the minimum wage and giving huge tax breaks to billionaires. But today you reached a new low, I think, by suggesting that manufacturing in America doesn't matter." | | He said this to [[Alan Greenspan]], Chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]], during a Financial Services Committee hearing in 2003: "The country club and the cocktail parties are not [[real America]]. You have defended over the years the abolition of the minimum wage and giving huge tax breaks to billionaires. But today you reached a new low, I think, by suggesting that manufacturing in America doesn't matter." |