http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/112006/SandersWelchDirection.shtml
Sanders, Welch focus on new direction for Congress By Shay Totten | Vermont Guardian Posted November 10, 2006
BURLINGTON — Senator-elect Bernie Sanders and Congressman-elect
Peter Welch said this week that Democratic leadership skills will be put to the test now that they control both chambers of Congress.
Sanders, who hopes to introduce legislation to allow people to purchase drugs imported from Canada once the new Congress convenes in January,
said people around the country will be watching Democrats closely....
“...The hard part is to stand up against the powerful corporate monied interests in Washington and begin, in fact, to face the problems facing the middle class in this country,” said Sanders, in a post-election interview with reporters.
...[D]espite the call by some for an immediate withdrawal[from Iraq], neither Sanders nor Welch believes that is the best policy to pursue.
... Welch and Sanders noted that the first order of business should be attempts to roll back *some* [emphasis mine -- MJS] of GOP’s economic policies, such as tax breaks to large oil companies and the wealthy, and reign [sic] in some of the free trade arrangements....
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Michael J. Smith
http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org