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By: Chandelis Duster & Daniella Diaz, CNN All 50 Democrats in the Senate need to agree upon the framework on the massive economic bill before the House votes on the bill this week, Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders said Sunday. “I think there has got to be a framework agreed upon in the Senate that all of us know is

By: Jordain Carney; The Hill Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Tuesday that a deal on President Biden’s spending bill must expand Medicare and include a plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs. “Bottom line is that any reconciliation bill must include serious negotiations on the part of Medicare with the pharmaceutical industry, lower the cost of prescription drugs.

By: Christina Zhao; Newsweek Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday expressed confidence that Medicare expansion of dental, vision and hearing coverage will remain in the Democrats‘ paired-back spending bill amid ongoing negotiations between progressives and moderates in the caucus to iron out sticking points, with a deadline 8 days away. “The expansion of Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision is one of the

By: Ayelet Sheffey; Business Insider Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders isn’t holding back his thoughts on why Democrats still haven’t come to an agreement on their $3.5 trillion social-spending bill. In a recent opinion piece, he unleashed on lobbyists and billionaires who oppose the spending. “The corporate elite seem to love the idea that billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than

By: Caroline Vakil; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday said that efforts to finalize and vote on a roughly $3.5 trillion dollar Democratic spending bill is being delayed because of corporate lobbying. In a new op-ed published on Fox News, Sanders blamed the delay on the “human infrastructure” bill on lobbying efforts from the pharmaceutical industry, private health insurance companies and the

By: Caitlin Emma; Politico  Bernie Sanders is sharpening his barbs toward Democrats who have resisted his and President Joe Biden’s agenda. The Senate Budget chair railed against moderate opposition to a prescription drug overhaul that top Democrats want to include in Biden’s massive social spending package, arguing that centrists rejecting the measures are bankrolled and beholden to the pharmaceutical industry.