January 16, 2021 Nikki Haley: ‘Harsh reality’ is Bernie Sanders will be Budget Committee chairman Nikki Haley said on Saturday that it was time to face the “harsh reality” that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would be the new chair of the Senate Budget Committee -- after Democrats took the Senate by winning both runoffs in Georgia.
January 7, 2021 After Capitol rioting, 25th Amendment and Trump impeachment calls from AOC and other Democrats A growing number of congressional Democrats are calling for President Trump to be impeached after a group of his supporters stormed the United States Capitol building on Wednesday.
December 30, 2020 Bernie Sanders agrees with Trump’s push for more coronavirus stimulus Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., backs President Trump's decision to raise stimulus payments and urges Mitch McConnell to get on with a vote.
December 29, 2020 Loeffler, Perdue back $2,000 stimulus checks as Sanders tries to keep pressure on Both Republican Georgia senators endorsed President Trump's push for $2,000 coronavirus stimulus checks, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., looking to stall the Senate until it votes on the bigger payments.
December 29, 2020 Bernie Sanders, Senate Dems see defense bill veto override as avenue to $2G checks Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took to Twitter late Monday to suggest that he may engage in stall tactics to support legislation that would increase the direct payment amounts to many Americans from $600 to $2,000.
December 27, 2020 Sanders calls Trump delay on relief bill 'cruel,' while agreeing with push for $2,000 payments House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would force a vote Monday on increasing payments to Americans in a coronavirus relief bill from $600 to $2,000 after President Trump urged lawmakers to do so, but Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered sharp opposition to the president's decision to not automatically sign the legislation.
December 22, 2020 Trump’s call for $2,000 stimulus checks hailed – by critics Pelosi, AOC, Sanders As if 2020 hasn’t delivered enough unexpected news, consider this: President Trump’s call Tuesday night for Congress to raise coronavirus stimulus payments to Americans to $2,000 won raves from at least three of his harshest critics.
December 14, 2020 Progressives give Biden's Cabinet picks mixed reviews, demand more representation Some progressive Democrats are raising concerns about how President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet is beginning to take shape and are demanding more representation in the incoming administration.
December 8, 2020 Bernie Sanders concedes Democrats held up coronavirus relief: 'That's right' Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Monday criticized Democratic leaders for getting behind a smaller $908 billion coronavirus relief package after rejecting a $1.8 trillion proposal from President Trump in October.
December 5, 2020 Illinois Rep.-elect Marie Newman rejects socialism tag; tells GOP to 'get over it' Rep.-elect Marie Newman, a progressive who counted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among her backers, rejected the GOP branding of her party as socialists and said Democrats are the party of "jobs, jobs, jobs."