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
Washington Wrap: Sanders helps sink Manchin’s ‘big oil side bill’
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 Vermont’s congressional delegation. The measure had included energy permitting reforms supported by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, that were opposed by
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 days to go until the first round of Brazil’s presidential contest, a pair of U.S. senators on Wednesday hailed the
‘Obscene,’ Says Sanders After CBO Reports Richest 1% Now Owns Over 1/3 of US Wealth
By: Brett Wilkins; Common Dreams “In the richest country on Earth, the time is long overdue for us to create a government and an economy that works for all of us, not just the 1%.” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders reacted Wednesday to new government figures showing the wealthiest 1% of Americans now owns over one-third of the country’s wealth by reasserting
Sanders Blasts GOP for Opposing Resolution Warning Against Military Coup in Brazil
By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams “I suspect that my Republican colleagues do not want to antagonize Trump,” the Vermont senator said. “That tells us a little bit about the state of democracy in this country and the Republican Party.” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday said he has not been able to get a single Senate Republican to support his resolution
Sanders blocks proposal to force rail unions to accept labor deal
By: Alexander Bolton; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (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. Sanders stood up on the floor to block the speedy approval of the resolution — introduced by Senate Health, Education, Labor and
