Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced that he will probably be staying because the rating member on the Well being Training Labor and Pensions Committee the place his high precedence will probably be defending Social Safety and Medicare.
The assertion from Sen. Sanders:
Some Senate information: BERNIE SANDERS says he’ll keep as the highest Democrat on the Senate’s well being panel, after serving because the panel’s chairman the previous two years.
He is additionally taking a job on the Finance panel, confirming a plan we nodded eventually month.https://t.co/Wi50rsu7A4 pic.twitter.com/NuWwh6zLlh
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 22, 2024
Sanders will stay on the HELP Committee and he may have a seat on the Senate Finance Committee. Bernie Sanders has been a fierce fighter within the Senate for bettering healthcare, saving pensions, and defending Social Safety and Medicare.
The incoming Trump administration and congressional Republicans are concentrating on cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and adjustments to Social Safety for future generations as a solution to pay for his or her deliberate tax cuts for the rich and companies.
Democrats are going to wish all of their most skilled advocates in key positions, as a result of it’ll be a battle. Since Republicans took again the Home in 2022, they’ve had their eyes on slashing the beloved applications.
Sen. Sanders is a the type of highly effective advocate that Democrats might want to flip again the menace.
