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Bernie Sanders, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee.
It’s nice to have someone with principles in a position of power.
Personally, inauguration day was fairly bittersweet. As glad as I am to have Donald Trump out of office, to say I’m skeptical of how much the Democratic party will fight for and achieve under the leadership of Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Joe Manchin, and Nancy Pelosi would be an understatement. That said, there’s no denying one of the most significant silver linings throughout the weeks following the election has been that if Democrats take the Senate, none other Bernie Sanders would assume the incredibly important position of Senate Budget Committee Chair. Naturally, he wasted no time in trying to instill a sense of optimism among his base and the broader public.
In a recent CNN Opinion piece, Bernie laid out his plans to use budget reconciliation that would allow them to pass “comprehensive legislation” with only 51 votes, called for $2000 checks, expansion of unemployment benefits, aide to state and local governments to prevent layoffs, hazard pay for frontline workers, 12 weeks of paid family leave, tuition free college, student debt cancellation, and a $15 dollars minimum wage.
After weeks of Democrats like Joe Manchin continuously popping up in the news, with an undeniable desire to flex his…
