Atop the Powerful Budget Committee at Last, Bernie Sanders Wants to Go Big |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=57909"><span class="small">Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley, The New York Times</span></a> |
Wednesday, 13 January 2021 09:20 |
Excerpt: "To the chagrin of Republicans, the democratic socialist senator will play a central role in shepherding Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s agenda through Congress."
Atop the Powerful Budget Committee at Last, Bernie Sanders Wants to Go Big13 January 21
“Do you know who becomes chair of the Senate Budget Committee?” Mr. Ryan asked. “A guy named Bernie Sanders. You ever heard of him?” Republicans have long feared the prospect of Mr. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist from Vermont, taking the helm of the powerful committee given his embrace of bigger government and more federal spending with borrowed money. With Democrats reclaiming the Senate, that fear is about to become a reality. Mr. Sanders, the most progressive member of the chamber, will have a central role in shaping and steering the Democrats’ tax and spending plans through a Congress that they control with the slimmest of margins. |
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 January 2021 09:36 |