“It’s not taxpayer money, and it’s not a bailout,” Balint said on today’s Morning Drive program on WVMT.
News video: Balint says plan to save Big Tech bank “not a bailout”
Sanders nixes fed bailout of Big Tech bank, but OK with bank-to-bank bailout
“If there is a bailout of Silicon Valley Bank, it must be 100 percent financed by Wall Street and large financial institutions,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
Senators – none from Vermont – demand Senate vote on global pandemic treaty
Neither Sen. Bernie Sanders nor then-Sen. Patrick Leahy supported a Senate bill requiring a vote on a WHO pandemic treaty critics say threatens U.S. national sovereignty.
Indictment: FTX $1 million contribution to gay congressional candidate “a lot of woke – – – – ”
Samuel Bankman-Fried and others agreed that he and his co-conspirators should contribute at least a million dollars to a super PAC that was supporting a candidate running for a United States Congressional seat and appeared to be affiliated with pro-LGBTQ issues, a new federal indictment says.
Manchester, VT man arrested for Jan. 6 assault on cops
A Manchester man became the second Vermonter arrested for the January 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol
Balint votes against condemning violence at anti-abortion facilities, churches
Rep. Becca Balint joined almost every other Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives voting against a resolution condemning violence against churches and pro-life pregnancy clinics.
62 years later, SMC grad delivers $6.5 million grant – courtesy of federal taxpayer
A famous alumnus delivers a huge grant to his Vermont alma mater – but taxpayers are paying for it.
Balint blasts GOP rules vote as ‘MAGA’ agenda
Rep. Becca Balint has lost no time targeting the House rules changes, which she fears will further the MAGA agenda in the U.S. House.
$1.7 trillion in federal spending includes Leahy, Sanders earmarks worth $254 million
Vermont’s two senators brought home a whopping $254 million of earmarked spending in last week’s $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill.
Gay marriage law passes Congress, goes to Biden for signature
With just a fig leaf of religious protection language, a law enshrining gay marriage across the U.S. has been passed by Congress.
