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By: WCAX News Team; WCAX The U.S. Senate Wednesday passed the National Defense Authorization Act but Sen. Bernie Sanders was among 10 lawmakers voting against it. During a town hall meeting with Vermont seniors, Sanders said the rise in military spending would be enough to fix the Medicaid system, among other things. “I think as a nation, it’s important for

By: Teaganne Finn; NBC News Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced his opposition to President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, citing the nominee’s ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Sanders, a senior member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said on Twitter that he will oppose the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf, a cardiologist at Duke University who briefly

By: Juliana Kaplan & Ayelet Sheffey; Business Insider After an all-night session, the House finally passed President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion party-line social spending bill. The next hurdle is the Senate, where the package is likely to be reshaped as Democrats once again duke it out over which provisions are included. Senator Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate Budget

By: Jordain Carney; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday that he will vote against a defense policy bill being taken up by the Senate this week and opposes Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) plan to link a China competitiveness bill to the legislation. “The Senate has spent month after month discussing the Build Back Better Act and

By: Sarah Mearhoff; VTDigger At a news conference Wednesday highlighting school nutrition expansions in Democrats’ proposed domestic budget, Vermont’s U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders urged his colleagues to vote ”yes” on the budget quickly, saying “the stakes are enormous.” Sanders was joined by U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and other stakeholders in St. Johnsbury to tout provisions in President Joe Biden’s

By: Khaleda Rahman; Newsweek Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Democratic lawmakers who held up passage of the Build Back Better Act by demanding to see analysis on how it would impact the budget deficit. The House passed President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package with the support of 13 Republicans late Friday. Six progressive Democrats, including Ocasio-Cortez,