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By: Stephen Neukam; Axios Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is urging Senate Democrats to unite behind an expansive health care proposal in the party’s negotiations with Republicans to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits. Why it matters: GOP leaders have promised Democrats a vote on the expiring tax credits next month as part of their deal to end the government shutdown. Sanders

By: Waylon Cunningham; Reuters Nov 10 – Twenty-six U.S. senators and 82 House representatives have written to Starbucks (SBUX.O), CEO Brian Niccol, urging the company to resume talks with its workers union, the lawmakers said on Monday. “We have heard of a troubling return to union busting,” states the letter from the group of senators led by Senator Bernie Sanders, which was seen by Reuters.

By: Greg Bensinger; Reuters SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday called on Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab founder Jeff Bezos to account for what the Vermont independent said were hundreds of thousands of potential lost jobs due to automation. “If Amazon succeeds on its massive automation plan, it will have a profound impact on blue-collar

By: Maya Yang; The Guardian Senator says the future of the US ‘rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better’ Bernie Sanders warned of the US’s slide into authoritarianism following Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the national guard to Los Angeles over the city’s protests against federal immigration raids. Speaking to CNN on Sunday,

By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams “Instead of increasing the cost of college in order to give more tax breaks to billionaires,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, “we are going to make public colleges and universities tuition-free.” As U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans move to gut federal student aid programs to help fund tax cuts for the rich, Sen. Bernie

By: Olivia Grieger; VTDigger Congress’s proposed changes to Medicaid policies and a state insurer’s potential rate hikes would further stress a system in crisis, the Senator said in a Monday press conference. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joined a group of state legislators, health care officials and advocates in Burlington Monday morning to raise the alarm on what they called Vermont’s