Sanders blames media for Americans not knowing details of Biden spending plan
By Jordain Carney - 10/15/21 06:32 PM EDT
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) blamed the media, in part, for Americans not knowing what is in a sweeping social spending plan currently being negotiated by the White House and Congressional Democrats.
Sanders, in a statement, said it is "absurd" that many Americans don't know what is in President Biden's plan and, while cautioning that there could be many reasons for that, launched a broadside against how the bill has been covered by the press.
"The reality that the mainstream media has done an exceptionally poor job in covering what actually is in the legislation," Sanders said.
"There have been endless stories about the politics of passing Build Back Better, the role of the president, the conflicts in the House and the Senate, the opposition of two senators, the size of the bill, etc. – but very limited coverage as to what the provisions of the bill are and the crises for working people that they address," he added.
Sanders' statement comes as Democrats are struggling to break through on the spending plan, amid an intense focus on the price tag for the bill and weeks of high-profile Democratic squabbling over the still-being-negotiated legislation.
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