Even though Vermont’s independent Senator Bernie Sanders was forced to withdraw his amendment for a national single payer system recently, he has managed to put language into the health care bill that would allocate somewhere between $10 billion and $14 billion for thousands of primary care clinics around the country. …
Posts tagged as “Vermont”
Working Families Party is Now Qualified in Vermont
By on December 21, 2009 1:20 PM
Posted in Ballot Access News:
The Working Families Party has filed its paperwork in Vermont to be a ballot-qualified minor party. There are now Working Families on the ballot in six states.…
Progressive Party member to leave Burlington City Council
By Ross Levin on December 7, 2009 10:32 PM
Burlington City Councilor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, a Progressive from Ward 2, will be leaving her city council seat on December 15. She is moving from the ward, so she can no longer represent it. …
Working Families Party starts building Vermont chapter
By Ross Levin on November 17, 2009 5:34 PM
H/T to d.eris on this one. The Burlington Free Press reports that there might be yet another progressive third party in Vermont. Read the full story here.…
Several gubernatorial races could see serious independent candidates
By PJO on September 28, 2009 12:08 AM
The Washington publication Politico reports independent candidates “are poised to run serious campaigns for governor in at least a half-dozen states, a development that threatens Democratic fortunes in some of the bluest and most progressive-minded states in the nation.”…
The Open Progressive Party of Minnesota fields its first candidate
By Ross Levin on September 7, 2009 9:09 PM
The Open Progressive Party of Minnesota is running a city council candidate in Minneapolis – and he just happens to be Michael Cavlan, a frequent commenter at IPR. …
Bernie Sanders says Federal Reserve still too secretive
By Kimberly Wilder on June 11, 2009 6:23 AM
h/t to The Thirds
Bernie Sanders is an independent, and a Senator from Vermont.
Sanders Says Federal Reserve Still Keeps Too Much Secret
WASHINGTON, June 10 – Senator Bernie Sanders today called “completely insufficient” a new monthly report by the Federal Reserve on aid to banks, investment firms and other financial institutions.
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IRV battle heats up in Burlington, Vermont
By Kimberly Wilder on May 5, 2009 9:05 AM
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is a voting reform measure endorsed by groups such as Fair Vote. IRV is often cited as helping third parties have a better chance to win.…
New political party forming in Minnesota
By Kimberly Wilder on May 2, 2009 2:07 PM
According to a participant’s account, a new party is being formed this week: the “Open Progressive Party of Minnesota” An e-mail by eye witness and former 2008 Senate candidate (from a different third party) Michael Cavlan describes the new party.…