Bernie Sanders: ‘This Was a Very, Very Bad Vote’
While some rejoiced, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called Sunday night “a very bad night” after GOP proposal to fund the government passed in the Senate. Seven Democrats and one independent voted in favor of the proposal…
While some rejoiced, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called Sunday night “a very bad night” after GOP proposal to fund the government passed in the Senate.
Seven Democrats and one independent voted in favor of the proposal to end the longest Government shutdown in U.S. history, per The Hill.
Sanders went on X with the message, “Tonight was a very bad night,” along with a video criticizing those Democrats who voted in favor of continuing resolution.
Most of the Democrats opposed the legislation so they could negotiate an extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits. Those tax credits will expire at the end of the year and thereby raise premiums for millions of Americans.
“To my mind, this was a very, very bad vote,” Sanders said in the posted video. “What it does, first of all, is it raises health care premiums for over 20 million Americans by doubling, in some cases, tripling or quadrupling. People can’t afford that when we are already paying the highest prices of the world for health care.”