On Wednesday afternoon on the second floor of the Hart Senate Office Building, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) officially unveiled his much-hyped Medicare for All plan. The senator was flanked by his 16 co-sponsors, many of them rising stars in the Democratic party and nearly every one of them talked about as a potential presidential candidate in 2020.
The basic idea of the plan is this: Over the course of four years, the state would expand eligibility for Medicare until every resident o...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders will unveil his Medicare for All bill on Wednesday afternoon, flanked by high-profile co-sponsors including Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
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Four more Democratic senators will co-sponsor Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All bill
Four more Democratic senators, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), have announced that they will co-sponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Medicare for All bill.
Booker announced his support on NJTV news Monday afternoon, where he echoed comments made by Harris and others who have come out in support of the bill.
First on @NJTVNews: @CoryBooker co-sponsoring @SenSanders ‘Medicare for all’ bi...
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Top Democrats are making support for single-payer the party standard
It’s looking increasingly likely that supporting single-payer health care will be the standard for Democratic lawmakers who want to be considered serious 2020 candidates, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced Thursday that she will co-sponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Medicare for All bill.
“There is something fundamentally wrong when one of the richest and most powerful countries on the planet can’t make sure that a person can afford to see a doctor when they’re sick. T...
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During a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump struck a deal to provide aid to victims of Hurricane Harvey, raise the debt ceiling, and keep the government funded — with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
Not only did Trump strike a deal with the leaders of a party he’s repeatedly decried as mere “obstructionists,” but in talking about the deal with reporters on Air Force One, the president didn...
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The Trump administration’s decision to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is a cruel and cynical political ploy that puts the lives of nearly 800,000 young people who came to America as children in continued limbo.
Known as DREAMers, these young people have lived the bulk of their lives in the United States, but lack the security of full citizenship and under the constant threat of deportation to a country that is foreign to many of them. That t...