On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
I did not vote for the Wall Street bailout of $700 billion, and, in fact, I brought forth an amendment which said that if you were right, if the Bush administration was right, let us pay for it.
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Sanders opposed the Wall Street bailout and proposed a surtax on the wealthy to fund it.
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