Showing posts with label Bernie Sanders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernie Sanders. Show all posts
Saturday, October 16, 2021

Manchin hits back at Sanders criticism in fight over Biden investment plan

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Vermont senator chides Manchin over lack of support for bill Progressive-centrist impasse holds up Biden’s reform agenda Internal part...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Sanders blaming spending bill delay on corporate lobbying

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday said that efforts to finalize and vote on a roughly $3.5 trillion dollar Democratic spending bill...
Friday, October 8, 2021

Democrats likely to throw billions in tax hikes overboard as spending plans shrink

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Democrats will likely drop hundreds of billions of dollars in proposed tax increases on the rich as they scramble to shrink the size of the...
Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Voters in 36 states will elect a governor next year. Here’s a cheat sheet.

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The country found out just how important governors are over the past 20 months. Next year, the vast majority of Americans will decide wheth...
Sunday, October 3, 2021

Sanders sees battle for America’s soul playing out in Congress

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Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday characterized the battle over the reconciliation spending bill as a test of American democracy. Speaking on ...
Monday, September 13, 2021

House Democrats will consider $2.9T in tax hikes — mostly on the wealthy and corporations

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House Democrats will consider as much as $2.9 trillion in tax hikes for the next 10 years — mostly on the extremely wealthy and corporate ...
Monday, August 23, 2021

McCarthy faces speakership test on infrastructure vote

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blessed President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal, but with the House majority on the lin...
Friday, July 30, 2021

Pelosi and Sanders brace for Democratic upheaval over Biden agenda

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Bernie Sanders had an urgent plea at a meeting for Senate Democrats this week: We’re with you on this bipartisan bill, so you better be wit...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Democrats embrace ‘cook-the-books’ tactic they bashed under Republican reign

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When Republicans have used dynamic scoring in the past, Bernie Sanders called it a “gimmick” and a way to “cook the books.” Now Democrats ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Senate Dems consider Medicare age expansion, jeopardizing “soft” infrastructure deal

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Senate Democrats are debating lowering the Medicare eligibility age as part of the $3.5-trillion “soft” infrastructure package, at the ris...
Saturday, July 17, 2021

Strange but true: Bernie takes a ‘very pragmatic’ turn

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Bernie Sanders gave Washington whiplash this week — and it was all part of his plan. Barely 24 hours after the Vermont senator publicly re...
Friday, July 9, 2021

‘The biggest bill in the history of the country’: Dems wrestle over control of the infrastructure throttle

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Democrats are hurtling toward their most consequential stretch of legislating since the passage of Obamacare, with major decisions left unm...