Bernie Sanders Just Told You What a Democratic Senate Would Do
On Election Day, the senator in line for a powerful committee gavel promised an "extremely bold" agenda, starting with Medicare for All. Believe him.
By Clara Hughes
Political candidates often hide what they plan to do until the votes are counted. Sen. Bernie Sanders didn't, and Americans should be grateful for that. On Tuesday, while voters were still in line across the country, the Vermont independent described what he wants if Democrats win control of the Senate. NBC News reported that Sanders is in line to chair the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, known as HELP, which has jurisdiction over health care, labor and education. "If I have anything to say about it, and I will: The agenda of the Democratic Party is going to be extremely bold. It is going to take on the oligarchs," Sanders said, according to NBC News. And he named his top priority: "At the top of my list will be a fight for 'Medicare for All.'" Whatever the final count shows, and as this was written the count was far from finished, every voter should understand what that sentence means. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: what a