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'''Bernard "Bernie" Sanders''', born September 8, 1941 (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is a [[United States Senate|Senator]], representing [[Vermont]]. Sanders  identifies as a [[socialist|democratic socialist]]. He calls himself an Independent but always caucuses with [[Democrats]]. Previously, he served in the House of Representatives for eight terms, after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington. Sanders has a 100% pro-[[abortion]] voting record.
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'''Bernard "Bernie" Sanders''', born September 8, 1941 (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is a [[United States Senate|Senator]], representing [[Vermont]]. Sanders  identifies as a [[socialist|democratic socialist]]. He calls himself an Independent but always caucuses with [[Democrats]]. Previously, he served in the House of Representatives for eight terms, after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington. Sanders has a 100% pro-[[abortion]] voting record.  Sanders is also a film-maker, having made a documentary about [[Eugene V. Debs]] in 1979.
    
At a press conference on April 30, 2015, Sanders announced that he is running for the Democrat nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]]. He held an "official launch" on May 26.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/29/vermont-sen-bernie-sanders-am-running-for-president/</ref>
 
At a press conference on April 30, 2015, Sanders announced that he is running for the Democrat nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]]. He held an "official launch" on May 26.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/29/vermont-sen-bernie-sanders-am-running-for-president/</ref>
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After countless stories of election fraud by the group ACORN, Bernie Sanders was one of seven Democrats that voted to continue funding [[ACORN]]. The vote failed and ACORN was stripped of funding in the Senate <ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27153.html Senate denies ACORN funding, Politico, September 14, 2009]</ref> Bill Wilson of [[Americans for Limited Government]] said, "The ACORN Housing Corporation has long been pushing the very loose-lending policies that helped destroy the housing industry. And now it has been exposed for working with prostitutes, as well. Yet, these seven Senators [Sanders] have knowingly voted to keep sending taxpayer money to a highly corrupt organization of pushers and pimps," <ref>[http://politicomafioso.blogspot.com/2009/09/alg-condemns-7-senators-for-voting-to.html ALG Condemns 7 Senators,Politico Mafioso, September 16, 2009]</ref>
 
After countless stories of election fraud by the group ACORN, Bernie Sanders was one of seven Democrats that voted to continue funding [[ACORN]]. The vote failed and ACORN was stripped of funding in the Senate <ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27153.html Senate denies ACORN funding, Politico, September 14, 2009]</ref> Bill Wilson of [[Americans for Limited Government]] said, "The ACORN Housing Corporation has long been pushing the very loose-lending policies that helped destroy the housing industry. And now it has been exposed for working with prostitutes, as well. Yet, these seven Senators [Sanders] have knowingly voted to keep sending taxpayer money to a highly corrupt organization of pushers and pimps," <ref>[http://politicomafioso.blogspot.com/2009/09/alg-condemns-7-senators-for-voting-to.html ALG Condemns 7 Senators,Politico Mafioso, September 16, 2009]</ref>
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==Eugene Debs Documentary==
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In 1979, Sanders wrote, directed, and lent his voice for Debs' dialogue<ref>[http://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-loves-eugene-v-debs-documentary-2015-9 A documentary that Bernie Sanders made about a socialist politician 36 years ago says a lot about his politics today], [[Business Insider]]</ref> in a documentary which shows a long-standing respect on part of Sanders for what Debs stood for.<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/425839/bernie-sanders-documentary-eugene-debs Bernie Sanders’s Documentary on Eugene Debs], [[National Review]]</ref>
    
==References==
 
==References==
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*[http://www.sanders.senate.gov/ Senate site]
 
*[http://www.sanders.senate.gov/ Senate site]
 
*[https://berniesanders.com Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign website]
 
*[https://berniesanders.com Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign website]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w82pFvUq3o8 Bernie Sanders' 1979 Eugene Debs Documentary]
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*[http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/folkways/FW05571.pdf Trade Unionist, Socialist, Revolutionary - Eugene V. Debs, 1855 - 1926], Transcript of Sanders' documentary
    
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