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By: Jacob Jarvis, Newsweek Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VM) has vowed to push for more COVID-19 relief in January, including a third round of stimulus checks, after insisting the latest agreement does “not go anywhere near far enough.” The fresh package includes $600 direct payments, but Sanders had pushed for another round of $1,200 checks. “While including these payments ultimately improved this bill, given the

By: John Nichols, The Nation This Q&A was excerpted from an hour-long conversation between Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Nation National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols during the first-ever Nation Festival. Access the full video archive of the Nation Festival now, including this interview. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders joined the first-ever Nation Festival in mid-November, along with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir of Iceland, author Naomi Klein, Black Lives Matter cofounder Alicia

By: Lorie Konish, CNBC The clock is ticking for Congress to authorize new funding to prevent a government shutdown and pass new coronavirus stimulus relief. Now, two vocal supporters of second round of $1,200 stimulus checks — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. — have teamed up to introduce an amendment with the goal of ensuring those checks

By: Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post A sizable number of the recipients of federal aid programs such as Medicaid and food stamps are employed by some of the biggest and more profitable companies in the United States, chief among them Walmart and McDonald’s, according to a new report from Congress’s nonpartisan watchdog. The Government Accountability Office undertook the study at the behest

By: Kit Norton; VT Digger Both of Vermont’s U.S. senators opposed the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Monday. Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., voted against confirming President Donald Trump’s choice to fill the court vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Senate confirmed Barrett’s nomination 52-48 Monday evening, with only

The HillThursday, October 22, 2020 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) predicted that progressives would look to move Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden toward their priorities if he wins the White House this November and Democrats sweep Congress. “If you want a progressive agenda to come out of the United States Congress, we’re going to have to rally the American people by the tens of millions to demand