Bernie’s Plan to Give Everyone Health Care During the Pandemic Could Transform Our Health System
By: Luke Savage; Jacobin There continue to be plenty of reasons for skepticism about the incoming Democratic administration and its plans, despite the party’s newly secured Senate majority. For one thing, despite containing some encouraging elements, Joe Biden this week signaled his intention to seek Republican votes for his COVID relief package — a move that will almost certainly water down the
Leahy, Sanders hope for speedy Senate impeachment trial
By: WCAX News Team; WCAX BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Following the historic second impeachment of President Trump Wednesday, all eyes are on the Senate and the upcoming trial. Vermont Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders agree that the president should have been impeached and hope that the trial moves quickly. Sanders says it’s all about establishing a precedent to show
‘Aggressive’: Bernie Sanders on his big plans as Budget chair
The Senate Budget Committee’s new chair is an unabashed progressive and self-described democratic socialist prepared to be as “aggressive” as he possibly can with budget tactics to help Democrats and President-elect Joe Biden enact their sweeping agenda. Under a narrow Democratic majority in the Senate, Bernie Sanders will oversee budget and spending work, including the procedural power of budget reconciliation the majority
Sanders to wield gavel as gatekeeper for key Biden proposals
By: Niv Elis, The Hill The Democratic wins in Georgia have elevated Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to a key legislative role in the new Congress. President-elect Joe Biden’s former primary rival is now set to become chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, where he will wield influence over some of the biggest legislative priorities under the Democratic majority. The panel sets the terms
Atop the Powerful Budget Committee at Last, Bernie Sanders Wants to Go Big
By: Alan Rappeport & Jim Tankersley; The New York Times Shortly before the 2016 election, Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the Republican nominee for vice president and the speaker of the House, told a group of college Republicans why he thought Democrats winning control of the Senate would be a policy nightmare. “Do you know who becomes chair of the
Sanders to Use Budget Gavel to Seek Aggressive Economic Aid
By: Jack Fitzpatrick; Bloomberg President-elect Joe Biden will look to one of his competitors from the campaign trail to shepherd his most significant legislation through the Senate, as Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to become chairman of the Budget Committee. Democrats’ upcoming majority in the Senate will make Sanders chairman of the panel that writes instructions for budget reconciliation, a maneuver that could enhance
