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April 8, 2020 at 10:15PM
FILE -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, during a campaign rally in Boston, Feb. 29, 2020. No legislation to advance or achieve universal health care has succeeded over the past 70 years without Democrats not only controlling all three branches of government, but also having a supermajority in the Senate — at this point, Sanders’ plan has nowhere near that support. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
FILE -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, during a campaign rally in Boston, Feb. 29, 2020. No legislation to advance or achieve universal health care has succeeded over the past 70 years without Democrats not only controlling all three branches of government, but also having a supermajority in the Senate — at this point, Sanders’ plan has nowhere near that support. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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