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By: Steven T. Dennis; Bloomberg Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders wants Democrats to raise the $31.4 trillion US debt limit in a lame-duck session if Republicans win control of the House or Senate in next week’s midterm elections to preempt their plan to use it as leverage to force spending cuts next year. Doing so would be “a wise course

By: David Weigel, Semafor On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders kicked off a series of campaign rallies, his most extensive since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before his first plane took off, Sanders talked with Semafor about the anti-corporate message that he wants Democrats to use to regain the high ground on the economy against Republicans. We also discussed the

By: Tim Dickinson; Rolling Stone PORTLAND — BERNIE Sanders’ barnstorming tour to rescue the 2022 midterms for Democrats took a spicy turn in Oregon on Thursday. The populist Vermont senator and serial Democratic presidential candidate appeared at a downtown Portland concert venue to stump for Democrat Tina Kotek, who is locked in tight race for governor — thanks largely to the political spending

By: Kara Voght, Rolling Stone ON THURSDAY, BERNIE Sanders will hit the campaign trail to make his closing midterm pitch. He’ll go to states like Wisconsin, Nevada, and Pennsylvania — “to places where we think we could have the most impact,” he says. He’ll go to congressional districts where his party has given up, like South Texas. He’ll campaign on behalf of Senate candidates who

By: Abigail Tracy, Vanity Fair The Vermont senator thinks Democrats should punch back on issues like Social Security, Medicare, unemployment benefits and prescription drugs. “Why aren’t Democrats talking about it?” Sanders tells Vanity Fair ahead of an eight-state-swing campaigning for Democratic candidates. “How do you win elections if you don’t talk about those issues?” Senator Bernie Sanders is annoyed that Republicans are winning

By: Eliza Collins, The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—Bernie Sanders has pushed Congress for decades to expand the social safety net and fight climate change, with limited success. Now, with Democrats on the brink of finalizing such a package, the Vermont senator must decide how much is enough. The party is currently locked in negotiations over winnowing down a $3.5 trillion education, healthcare,