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| Bernie Sanders Made The Democratic Platform More Progressive | |
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| her-she | Jun 28 2016, 05:07 PM Post #1 |
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Bernie Sanders had five representatives on the committee to create the new Democratic platform. They have helped to create a more progressive platform than in previous years. . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ7wAC2jYLA "Democrats approved a draft of the party platform early Saturday that includes steps to break up large Wall Street banks, advocates for a $15 an hour wage and urges the abolition of the death penalty, reflecting the influence of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign. Supporters of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton defeated measures pushed by Sanders' allies that would have promoted a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care system, a carbon tax to address climate change and impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracking. Sanders said Friday he would vote for Clinton but has so far declined to offer a full-throated endorsement of her campaign or encourage his millions of voters to back her candidacy. The Vermont senator has said he wants the platform at the summer convention to reflect his goals - and those representing him at a St. Louis hotel said they had made progress. "We lost some but we won some," said James Zogby, a Sanders supporter on the panel…” |
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