Bernie Sanders Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/bernie-sanders/ A platform for change Mon, 22 May 2023 16:28:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Despite looming debt ceiling, rampant profiteering, and serious bloat, GOP wants to increase military budget https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2023/05/despite-looming-debt-ceiling-rampant-profiteering-and-serious-bloat-gop-wants-to-increase-military-budget/ Mon, 22 May 2023 16:28:00 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13516 With the U.S. just 10 days away from a possible default, House Republicans are now demanding a military budget even larger than the record $858 billion that Congress authorized for the current fiscal year as they continue pushing for steep cuts to key aid programs. The GOP demand was reported over the weekend after Republican negotiators rejected a […]

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]]> GOP cut taxes for the rich now demands austerity to balance budget https://flux.community/kenny-stancil/2023/04/gop-cut-taxes-for-the-rich-now-demands-austerity-to-balance-budget/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:21:29 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13312 Before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy opened debate Wednesday on a bill that would raise the nation’s debt ceiling while gutting social programs and imposing more barriers to access them, nearly 200 House Democrats from across the ideological spectrum signed a letter imploring Republican deficit hawks to drop their demands and pass a clean hike. Since Washington’s arbitrary and arguably unconstitutional borrowing […]

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]]> Sanders seeks to ban bank execs from ‘regulating’ their own institutions https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/03/sanders-seeks-to-ban-bank-execs-from-regulating-their-own-institutions/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 04:12:39 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13033 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday introduced the Federal Reserve Independence Act to prevent bank executives from serving on regional Fed boards that are responsible for regulating their institutions. The bill—which would also bar the U.S. central bank’s board members and employees from owning any stock or investing in any company that is regulated by the Federal Reserve—comes as […]

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]]> Sanders warns GOP midterm win would pull US ‘far, far, far to the right’ https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/10/sanders-warns-gop-midterm-win-would-pull-us-far-far-far-to-the-right/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:30:46 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12675 In his latest call for urgent voter turnout efforts, Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Monday that Republicans are planning to drag U.S. politics significantly further to the right if they take control of Congress in next month’s midterms, pointing to their ongoing assault on democracy, support for tax cuts for the ultra-rich, and push for cuts to key […]

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]]> Concerned over lack of ‘working-class’ energy for midterms, Sanders plans 8-state blitz https://flux.community/julia-conley/2022/10/concerned-over-lack-of-working-class-energy-for-midterms-sanders-plans-8-state-blitz/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:00:32 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12640 Taking his recent call for Democrats to campaign on economic issues facing working Americans on the road, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday announced an eight-state tour for the final two weekends before the midterm elections on November 8, with the goal of energizing “young people [and] working-class people.” Starting on October 27, the Vermont independent senator will […]

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]]> Sanders joins striking Starbucks workers on the picket line in Boston https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/08/sanders-joins-striking-starbucks-workers-on-the-picket-line-in-boston/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:00:59 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12115 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday joined striking Starbucks workers in Boston to express solidarity with them and other employees of the coffee chain who have so far organized over 200 U.S. locations in less than a year. “What you are doing is what people all over this country are beginning to do,” the Vermont Independent said through […]

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]]> Sanders warns that ‘like Trump, Bolsonaro is attempting to undermine democracy in Brazil’ https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/07/sanders-warns-that-like-trump-bolsonaro-is-attempting-to-undermine-democracy-in-brazil/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:00:54 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11878 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders warned after meeting with Brazilian civil society leaders on Tuesday that the Latin American country’s far-right leader, President Jair Bolsonaro, appears poised to replicate Donald Trump’s attempt to subvert the democratic process in a bid to stay in power as he trails in the polls to leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. “Like Trump, […]

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]]> Sanders calls on Democrats to divide spending bills into components to force GOP accountability https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/01/sanders-calls-democrats-divide-spending-bills-components-force-gop/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 07:53:25 +0000 https://flux.community/2022/01/sanders-calls-democrats-divide-spending-bills-components-force-gop/ The post Sanders calls on Democrats to divide spending bills into components to force GOP accountability appeared first on Flux.

]]> Top congressional Dems still optimistic they can ‘come together’ to pass infrastructure bills https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2021/09/top-congressional-dems-still-optimistic-they-can-come-together-pass/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:30:45 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/09/top-congressional-dems-still-optimistic-they-can-come-together-pass/ The post Top congressional Dems still optimistic they can ‘come together’ to pass infrastructure bills appeared first on Flux.

]]> Congressional Democrats divided over state and local tax deductions https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2021/05/congressional-democrats-divided-over-state-and-local-tax/ Mon, 10 May 2021 18:19:54 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/05/congressional-democrats-divided-over-state-and-local-tax/ The post Congressional Democrats divided over state and local tax deductions appeared first on Flux.

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