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 By: Chris Cillizza, CNN In the wake of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s play for more time to consider a climate and tax legislative package, his colleagues are letting loose with long-simmering frustrations with him and his tactics. None more so that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who absolutely let loose on Manchin during an interview with ABC News on Sunday (bolding is mine). “[Manchin]

By: Jessica Corbett; Common Dreams “Congress abdicated its constitutional powers and failed to prevent our country from involving itself in this crisis,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a lead co-sponsor with Sen. Patrick Leahy. The resolution is sponsored by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)—and, according to the trio, it is already backed by a bipartisan

By: Deanna Schwartz; NPR Frustrated with the state of air travel recently? You’re not alone. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the U.S. Department of Transportation to take action to reduce airline cancellations and delays, he said on Twitter Wednesday. Frustrated with the state of air travel recently? You’re not alone. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

By Adam Gabbatt; The Guardian Fox News is, to put it mildly, not known for indulging progressive politics – but the rightwing news channel gave it a go on Monday, when Bernie Sanders appeared in a debate on the network’s sister channel, Fox Nation. Sanders, the Vermont senator, democratic socialist and two-time presidential candidate, took on Lindsey Graham, his Republican Senate colleague from South

By Burgess Everett; Politico Bernie Sanders has something to get off his chest: Without a course correction, he sees the Democratic Party on track to get shellacked this fall. As the progressive Vermonter, not one to mince words, put it in an interview on Tuesday: “You really can’t win an election with a bumper sticker that says: ‘Well, we can’t

By Brett Miller, WCAX  A new federal report says the Social Security trust fund will be depleted in 2035. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he has a plan to extend Social Security’s solvency and increase benefits. But as our Brett Miller reports, lawmakers remain divided on how to save the system. Some 50 million retired workers, 6 million survivors of