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Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016/Federal assistance programs

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Bernie Sanders announced his presidential run on April 30, 2015.[1]


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Former presidential candidate
Bernie Sanders
Political offices:
U.S. Senator
(Assumed office: 2007)
U.S. Representative
(1991-2007)
Sanders on the issues:
Taxes • Banking policy • Government regulations • International trade • Budgets • Agricultural subsidies • Federal assistance programs • Foreign affairs • Federalism • Healthcare • Immigration • DACA and DAPA • Education • Abortion • Gay rights
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CANDIDATE SUMMARY
  • Threatened to filibuster any grand bargain that would cut entitlement benefits
  • Voted against the 1996 Welfare Reform Act and was opposed to the work requirement
    • In 2011 and 2013 Bernie Sanders sponsored the Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act with the purpose of protecting Social Security for future generations. S.1558 and S.500 proposed amending "the Internal Revenue Code to apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000."[2][3]
    • In March 2013, Sanders threatened to "filibuster any grand bargain that cuts entitlement benefits," while Congress negotiated a deal to replace the sequester.[4]
    • Sanders voted against H.R.3734 - the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which reformed the welfare system and created some work requirements in order to receive welfare. It became law on August 22, 1996.[5]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ VPR, "Bernie Sanders Is Streaming His Presidential Announcement On Periscope," April 30, 2015
    2. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.1558," accessed April 8, 2015
    3. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.500," accessed April 8, 2015
    4. ↑ The Washington Post, "Bernie Sanders: Just say No to any entitlement benefits cuts," March 11, 2013
    5. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3734," accessed April 8, 2015
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