Sanders: I Have ‘No Problem’ Going To WV To Push Manchin Toward Progressive Goals Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers a campaign update on March 11, 2020 in Burlington, Vermont. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) April 5, 2021 9:39 a.m.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) signaled on Sunday night that he’s willing to rally in West Virginia for a $15 minimum wage, Medicare for All, and other progressive initiatives to put the squeeze on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a conservative Democrat who stands to be a major roadblock to those priorities.
“I have no problem with going to West Virginia, and I think we need a grassroots movement that makes it clear to Joe Manchin and everybody else in the United States Senate, including Republicans, that the progressive agenda is what the American people want,” Sanders told MSNBC.
Graham Urges McConnell To Hold Stand-Alone Vote On $2K Relief Checks In New Congress Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on July 2, 2020.(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) December 31, 2020 4:04 p.m.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Thursday urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to hold a stand-alone vote on Democrats’ push for $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks after the new Congress begins on January 3.
Graham told “Fox and Friends” that he believed the House’s bill increasing the $600 checks to $2000, a measure Trump supports, would pass the Senate, but that there would be “no way” to get a vote on it before the current Congress ends this week.
Graham Signals Support For $2,000 Relief Checks….With Caveats Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) listens during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on October 15, 2020. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images) December 30, 2020 8:07 a.m.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Tuesday night that he backs President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 direct payments for COVID-19 relief, but the senator tied his support to repealing Section 230 and whether the GOP keeps control of the Senate after the Georgia runoffs.
Graham told Fox News that though the payments would be “expensive” and are “not the most efficient way to get aid to people who are suffering,” he agreed with Trump that the $600 relief checks in the newly passed COVID-19 stimulus package were “not enough.”
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