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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

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

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

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

By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams Sen. Bernie Sanders late Thursday implored President-elect Joe Biden and the incoming Democrat-controlled Congress to make a robust coronavirus relief bill containing $2,000 direct payments the “first order of business” upon taking power, warning that failure to quickly deliver real material aid in the midst of devastating crises could lead to electoral backlash on the

By: Dom Amato; WCAX BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont’s congressional delegation was inside the Capitol building on Wednesday when rioters moved in. Sen. Bernie Sanders said he and other lawmakers were moved to a secured hearing room inside the Capitol, escorted by heavily armed FBI agents. “It was a very disturbing moment. This is the first time I think since