Sanders Filibusters Bush's Billionaire Bailout Plan

With the White House and Congressional Republicans refusing to stand up for working and middle class Americans, Senator Bernard Sanders has taken to the Senate floor to do whatever he can do to prevent the Bush/Obama Tax Plan from moving forward. From the Huffington Post:

A Sanders spokesman told HuffPost's Arthur Delaney that Sanders will talk "as long as he can" and that the 69-year-old senator has not taken a break since morning or had anything but water. The spokesman could not predict when the speechifying would stop. "He doesn't have an end time."

Here's a breakdown of the different tax proposals. Senator Sanders supports the Democratic plan, which has gained the support of the majority in the House of Representatives and 53 senators in the Senate. From Daily Kos:



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