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Bernie Sanders predicts Biden's spending bills will pass

Sen. Bernie Sanders defended the squabbling between progressive and moderate Democrats that threatens to torpedo President Biden's legislative agenda and predicted the two spending bills worth trillions of dollars will move forward together.

G.O.P. coronavirus message: Crisis is a Green New Deal preview
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G.O.P. coronavirus message: Crisis is a Green New Deal preview

As the economy melts down, embattled conservatives are testing a political response: saying Democratic climate policies would bring similar pain.
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What coronavirus means for climate change

In the battle between fossil fuels and clean energy, the coronavirus pandemic will be a defining moment.
Coronavirus could lead America to pass its biggest climate bill ever
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Coronavirus could lead America to pass its biggest climate bill ever

For a clean energy transition that truly safeguards the climate, the country needs moonshot legislation - a bill that would authorize billions of dollars to redirect the economy away from fossil fuels and toward a low-carbon future. Historically, those kinds of bills only happen on the heels of a crisis. The coronavirus pandemic is one of them.

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