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January 25, 2021

Bernie Sanders Says Senate Dems Could Use Reconciliation to Pass Pandemic Relief
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President Biden signed more executive orders Friday to expand food
assistance and to move toward raising federal wages to $15 an hour.
Incoming Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders said the Senate
will move to quickly pass an economic recovery package, bypassing
Republican approval if necessary.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "Reconciliation, which is a Senate rule, was used
by the Republicans, under Trump, to pass massive tax breaks for the rich
and large corporations. It was used as an attempt to repeal the
Affordable Care Act. And what we are saying is, 'You used it for that.
That's fine. We're going to use reconciliation - that is, 50 votes in
the Senate plus the vice president - to pass legislation desperately
needed by working families."



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