Senator Bernie Sanders Backs 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act

by Gary Kopycinski on July 17, 2015

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WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that he is co-sponsoring a bill by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act. This important piece of legislation would prevent commercial banks from engaging in risky investment schemes that nearly destroyed the economy in 2008.