In 2005 amendments to the bill, Biden voted against borrowers drowning in medical debt, seniors, servicemembers, union members, and victims of deadbeat dads.
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Warren’s Latest Plan Signals That It’s Time to Talk About Joe Biden’s Record
The bankruptcy expert releases a proposal that doubles as an indictment of Biden’s role in passing the 2005 bankruptcy law.
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Pete’s Puerto Rico Problem
Buttigieg’s corrected list of fundraisers includes a top executive at one of the vulture fund holders of Puerto Rican debt.
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The Christmas Miracle: Biden’s Unexamined List of High-Powered Fundraisers
The media let slip a golden opportunity to put into context how a Biden administration might use its power.
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The Media’s Given Wall Street a Free Pass in the 2020 Primary
Despite a more treacherous financial system than four years ago, the media has made financial regulatory policy all but invisible in the Democratic race.
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Jane Fonda and Friends March (Again) for the Climate
For 11 straight weeks, Fonda has led Fire Drill Fridays, an effort to wake up Congress about the dangers of the climate crisis.
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The Times Brands Sanders and Warren as Far Left
Today on TAP: Health care and free college are not radical ideas
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Democratic Candidates Field Softball Questions on Immigration
The Trump administration has intensified its assault on protections for immigrants and asylum seekers, but you wouldn’t know it from watching Thursday’s debate.
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Why Ady Barkan Thinks Warren’s Health Care Plan Is the Best in the 2020 Field
The Medicare for All activist, a Warren endorser, discussed the plan before Thursday’s presidential debate.
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A Smaller Democratic Field Actually Manages to Debate
Biden doesn’t blither; Warren defends wealth tax; what Klobuchar sees when she looks at Buttigieg.
