Sanders Hits Student Debt Critics: ‘Put Money into the Pocket of People’

By: Alex J. Rouhandeh; Newsweek The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an estimate on Monday that the Biden administration’s executive action on student loan forgiveness could cost the country $400 billion over the next 30 years. Since then, Republicans have ramped up their criticism of the Biden plan. Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

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Washington Wrap: Sanders helps sink Manchinโ€™s โ€˜big oil side billโ€™

WCAX News BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The Senate voted Tuesday to move forward with a stop-gap bill needed to keep the federal government running past Friday, leaving out a controversial oil and gas permitting reform measure that had split Vermontโ€™s congressional delegation. The measure had included energy permitting reforms supported by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, that were opposed by

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Sanders, Kaine Hail US Senate’s Passage of Brazil Election Resolution

By: Brett Wilkins; Common Dreams “It is important for the people of Brazil to know we’re on their side, on the side of democracy,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “With passage of this resolution, we are sending that message.” With just four daysย to go until the first round of Brazil’s presidential contest, a pair of U.S. senators on Wednesday hailed the

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Sanders blocks proposal to force rail unions to accept labor deal

By: Alexander Bolton; The Hill Sen.ย Bernie Sandersย (I-Vt.) on Wednesday blocked a Republican request to force railroad workers and companies to accept the recommendations of a nonpartisan panel to avoid a strike that would impact millions of Americans. ย  Sanders stood up on the floor to block the speedy approval of the resolution โ€” introduced by Senate Health, Education, Labor and

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