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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: 'The party has turned its back on the working class' [View all]
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We have tried a strategy over the last several months, which has been mostly backdoor negotiations with a handful of senators, Sanders said. It hasnt succeeded on Build Back Better or on voting rights. It has demoralized millions of Americans.
He called for reviving a robust version of Build Back Better and also called for holding votes on individual parts of that legislation that would help working-class Americans. We have to bring these things to the floor, Sanders said. The vast majority of people in the [Democratic] caucus are willing to fight for good policy.
Sanders added: If I were Senator Sinema and a vote came up to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs, Id think twice if I want to get re-elected in Arizona to vote against that. If I were Mr Manchin and I know that tens of thousands of struggling families in West Virginia benefited from the expansion of the child tax credit, Id think long and hard before I voted against it.
Sanders also called for legislation on another issue he has championed: having Medicare provide dental, vision and hearing benefits. All these issues, they are just not Bernie Sanders standing up and saying this would be a great thing, he said. They are issues that are enormously popular, and on every one of them, the Republicans are in opposition. But a lot of people dont know that because the Republicans havent been forced to vote on them.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/10/bernie-sanders-democrats-failing-working-class-interview
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Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: 'The party has turned its back on the working class' [View all]
Uncle Joe
Jan 2022
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My thoughts as well! It's not the Dems..it's 2 that vote or don't with their preferred party
PortTack
Jan 2022
#5
He doesn't comprehend what a 50-50 Senate means, with two Democratic Senators being the obstacle
JohnSJ
Jan 2022
#7
Perhaps Senator Sanders doesn't understand what a 50-50 Senate means. It isn't rocket science
JohnSJ
Jan 2022
#6
What's his record on writing & introducing legislation? He's had 30+ yrs to build such creds
Budi
Jan 2022
#19
only manchin and sinoma have turned their backs on the working class and democracy
samsingh
Jan 2022
#17
"Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: Sanders also called for legislation....
George II
Jan 2022
#23
I don't see the party as turning its back, I see fifty-two assholes ruining everything.
BlueTsunami2018
Jan 2022
#26
You are quick to paint peope with a broad brush. The progressive members of both houses
CentralMass
Jan 2022
#38