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By: Sarah Mearhoff; VTDigger At a news conference Wednesday highlighting school nutrition expansions in Democrats’ proposed domestic budget, Vermont’s U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders urged his colleagues to vote ”yes” on the budget quickly, saying “the stakes are enormous.” Sanders was joined by U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and other stakeholders in St. Johnsbury to tout provisions in President Joe Biden’s

By: Khaleda Rahman; Newsweek Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Democratic lawmakers who held up passage of the Build Back Better Act by demanding to see analysis on how it would impact the budget deficit. The House passed President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package with the support of 13 Republicans late Friday. Six progressive Democrats, including Ocasio-Cortez,

By: Jordain Carney; The Hill Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday fired a warning shot at a five-year repeal of the cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction that Democrats are considering including in their social and climate spending bill. Democrats are eyeing repealing the Trump-era $10,000 cap through 2025, but Sanders, in a statement, called the move “beyond unacceptable.”

By: Chandelis Duster & Daniella Diaz, CNN All 50 Democrats in the Senate need to agree upon the framework on the massive economic bill before the House votes on the bill this week, Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders said Sunday. “I think there has got to be a framework agreed upon in the Senate that all of us know is

By: Jordain Carney; The Hill Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Tuesday that a deal on President Biden’s spending bill must expand Medicare and include a plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs. “Bottom line is that any reconciliation bill must include serious negotiations on the part of Medicare with the pharmaceutical industry, lower the cost of prescription drugs.

By: Christina Zhao; Newsweek Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday expressed confidence that Medicare expansion of dental, vision and hearing coverage will remain in the Democrats‘ paired-back spending bill amid ongoing negotiations between progressives and moderates in the caucus to iron out sticking points, with a deadline 8 days away. “The expansion of Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision is one of the