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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: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 21 2021, @03:08PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 21 2021, @03:08PM (#1103360)

    Biden was only in office for one day and already purged a gay black man from bring surgeon general.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday January 21 2021, @04:14PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday January 21 2021, @04:14PM (#1103379) Journal

    Right....after such a competent Coronavirus response we definitely should have kept him around!

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday January 21 2021, @04:53PM

      by DannyB (5839) on Thursday January 21 2021, @04:53PM (#1103398) Journal

      I also forgot to play the covid card. Oh, well. Maybe next time.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday January 21 2021, @04:30PM

    by DannyB (5839) on Thursday January 21 2021, @04:30PM (#1103384) Journal

    Dang! Drat! I KNEW I must have forgotten something! I forgot to play the race card.

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    The Electoral College voting is an affirmative action program for low populated states.