Outsider in the House1997

Bernie Sanders was the first Independent elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in forty years, and the only Independent to serve four consecutive terms. In this autobiography, he discusses his 1996 election campaign in Vermont, his chairmanship of the House Progressive Caucus, and his discussions with President Clinton, Democrats, and Republicans on issues such as minimum wage, the Gulf War, NAFTA, health care, welfare reform, military spending, and the limitations of the two party system.