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Sanders's Impact on the DNC Platform
2016-06-25 21:44:54 Post No. 78722073
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Sanders's Impact on the DNC Platform
Anonymous
2016-06-25 21:44:54
Post No. 78722073
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/democrats-reject-platform-proposal-opposing-trade-deal/2016/06/24/683213ba-3a7f-11e6-af02-1df55f0c77ff_story.html
Changes he got:
$15/Hour Minimum Wage
Abolition of the Death Penalty
Steps to Break Up Large Banks
What he didn't get:
Carbon Tax/National Fracking Ban
Medicare-for-all Single Payer Healthcare
Amendment to End Israeli Settlements of Palestine and Rebuild Gaza
Formal Opposition to the TPP
>“We lost some but we won some,” said James Zogby, a Sanders supporter on the panel. “We got some great stuff in the platform that has never been in there before.” Added Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., a Sanders ally: “We’ve made some substantial moves forward.”
>Sanders, a vociferous opponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was unable to get language into the document opposing the trade deal, a move that allowed the party to avoid an awkward scenario that would have put the platform at odds with President Barack Obama.
>The panel deliberated for about nine hours following several late nights and long hours of policy exchanges between the two campaigns and the Democratic National Committee.
>Sanders, in a statement, said he was “disappointed and dismayed” that the group voted down the measure opposing the TPP. But he was pleased with the proposals on Glass-Steagall and the death penalty — and vowed to fight on.
>“Our job is to pass the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party,” he said.
Now if he exacts a Progressive VP from Hilldog I think you can call his campaign fairly successful.