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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders

Journal by DeathMonkey

The Senate Budget Committee's new chair is an unabashed progressive and self-described democratic socialist prepared to be as "aggressive" as he possibly can with budget tactics to help Democrats and President-elect Joe Biden enact their sweeping agenda.

Under a narrow Democratic majority in the Senate, Bernie Sanders will oversee budget and spending work, including the procedural power of budget reconciliation the majority can use to evade the filibuster and pass massive bills without a single Republican vote.

‘Aggressive’: Bernie Sanders on his big plans as Budget chair

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Wednesday January 20 2021, @10:31PM (3 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday January 20 2021, @10:31PM (#1103116) Journal

    They can finance it by reversing the Reagan/Bush/Trump tax cuts... Will he go that far? I have doubts [bloomberg.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday January 21 2021, @05:59PM (2 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday January 21 2021, @05:59PM (#1103419) Journal

    What can be done with reconciliation can be undone by reconciliation.

    So the Trump cuts are definitely on the table. Not sure how the Reagan/Bush ones were passed, though.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Thursday January 21 2021, @06:18PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday January 21 2021, @06:18PM (#1103427) Journal

      If the dems perform well, they will easily maintain their majority. Their biggest failures are from compromising with the republicans, as demonstrated ten years ago. The favor is only returned on votes for war and austerity.

      But again, you all assume they are adversaries when they are symbiotic team to share power.

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    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by fustakrakich on Thursday January 21 2021, @08:57PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday January 21 2021, @08:57PM (#1103499) Journal

      Another second reply! Sorry...

      Let's hope this sticks

      If they don't hold their ground, it will confirm everything I said about them. If they do, then let's move to the next step and start legislatin'. If they start doing what people want, their majority will grow bigger and faster.

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