Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a constitutional amendment that would have restored limits on big money in politics and overturned the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision. On "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Sanders called for a grassroots movement to continue the fight to undo the decision. In The Huffington Post on Wednesday, Sanders made the case for a progressive tax on the estates of the wealthiest Americans. Sanders wants an international coalition to stop the Islamic State terrorist group. In interviews after President Barack Obama’s nationally televised speech on Wednesday, Sanders stressed the need for caution about the United States becoming entangled in another war in the Middle East.

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Undo Citizens United The disastrous 5-4 decision by the court back in 2010 created an open door for millionaires and billionaires to pour unlimited sums of money into the political process. “The overwhelming majority of Americans believe that our democracy is being undermined when billionaires can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections,” Sanders said. He spoke at a rally outside the Capitol on Monday. Watch

A Tax on Wealth Proposed “Unless we reduce skyrocketing wealth and income inequality, unless we end the ability of the super-rich to buy elections, the United States will be well on its way toward becoming an oligarchic form of society where almost all power rests with the billionaire class,” Sanders wrote in a column for The Huffington Post. Citing Teddy Roosevelt, the trust-busting, turn-of-the-century Republican president, Sanders said a progressive estate tax on multi-millionaires and billionaires is the fairest way to reduce wealth inequality, lower our $17 trillion national debt and raise the resources we need for investments in infrastructure, education and other neglected national priorities.

Mideast Mess President Obama expanded his military campaign against Sunni militants to include American airstrikes in Syria and the deployment of 475 more military advisers to Iraq. Sanders agreed with airstrikes as part of an international effort to stamp out the “brutal and dangerous” Islamic State terrorist group. But he cited the Bush/Cheney wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as reasons to be cautious about getting entangled in another war in the Middle East. “We were ‘strong’ and ‘tough’ under Bush and Cheney. We made the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of the United States. We don’t want to do that again,” he said.

Burger King: Hold the Taxes A group of U.S. senators, including Sanders, wants Burger King Worldwide to scrap its planned move to Canada to take advantage of its lower corporate tax rate. The senators noted that many Burger King workers rely on Medicaid and food stamps, programs supported by U.S. taxpayers. In a letter sent on Thursday to Burger King Chief Executive Officer Daniel Schwartz, the lawmakers noted that the fast-food chain also benefits from U.S. taxpayer-supported roads, food safety inspectors and other services in the United States.