Bernie Sanders to Congress: You Are Going to be Paid Employees of Billionaires

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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made headlines Thursday when he introduced an amendment before the Senate Budget Committee to begin the process of overturning the 2010 Citizens United decision handed down by the Supreme Court. His question to his colleagues was simple: "Are we comfortable with an American political system which is being dominated by a handful of billionaires?"

On Sunday, the senator published an op-ed in The Huffington Post with the basic argument for his amendment and his stance on the issue:

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Read the full op-ed here.

Sanders' proposed budget amendment failed in a 10-12 vote; not a single Republican on the committee voted in favor of it. Sanders says he intends to introduce the amendment again this week on the Senate floor.

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