Sanders is often dismissed as a novelty in two-party Washington. But the move toward heightened corporate regulation moves him a step closer to the political mainstream.
The Vermont independent spent 16 years in the House and has spent another two in the Senate railing against corporate greed and the rising income gap.
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This article mentions a tie between Obama's recent proposal of limiting the pay of CEOs in companies receiving stimulus funds to an earlier bill proposed by a Vermont senator. Outside of this mention, it doesn't really explore the issue in significant depth (for example, it could have been a place to discuss the pros and cons of limiting pay, the role of socialist theory in regards to the current financial crisis and attempts at recovery, or even more information about Bernie Sanders).
