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Bernie's career has hit a dangerous snag remarks UVM'

star political pundit Professor Garrlso~ Nelson. "It's on:he c:an't .get out of. !Ie's a prisoner of the House."

?arrison 18 Vermont s resident expert on the U.S. Congress.He s been studying the playing field for 25 years and is theauthor of the IOI5-page ~litical bible, Committees In the U.S.Congress 1947-1992, published by The Congressional Quarterly Nelson is an. amazing walking data bank on the U.S. House of

Representatives.According to Nelson, the Capitol Hill scene has changed since

Bernie Sanders first. went to Washington. There's been a power shift, or as Garrtson calls it, a "muscle-tussle" betweenthe floor leadership - as in Speaker Thomas Foley and crew-and the committee chairs. The committee chairs have won.

"The committee chairsdon't like Sanders," reports Nelson.

"He's ~ c~allenge to the e;