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Donkees

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12. Sanders Statement after Voting Against Federal Funding Bill

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Sat Jan 31, 2026, 10:42 AM

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NEWS: Sanders Secures Vote on His Amendment to Cut $75 Billion in ICE Funding and Redirect Those Funds to Medicaid [View all] Donkees Jan 2026 OP

Awesome! Thank you Senator Sanders! FakeNoose Jan 2026 #1

BRAVO BERNIE!!! BRILLIANT!!! liberalla Jan 2026 #2

Great news, but it's surprising that the R's haven't found a way to derail this. TheRickles Jan 2026 #3

Hidden R support is definitely what I suspect. ShazzieB Jan 2026 #28

Outstanding! paleotn Jan 2026 #4

K&R UTUSN Jan 2026 #5

One of the few politicians that I still respect and like. Dave Bowman Jan 2026 #6

Why doesn't he mention it was rejected? Wiz Imp Jan 2026 #7

It is confusing to me popsdenver Jan 2026 #8

They didn't get a majority Wiz Imp Jan 2026 #9

F'k!!! Dave says Jan 2026 #10

Vote in the midterms like your life depended on it. Because it does. AZ8theist Jan 2026 #25

Thank you. Not enough votes, Democrats can't pass it. Nothing to do with not "fighting" hard enough. betsuni Jan 2026 #13

How many Greens voted for it? W_HAMILTON Jan 2026 #22

All Democrats voted for it? What happened to the both-sides-corrupted-by-oligarchs-and-billionaires thing? betsuni Jan 2026 #32

I'm sure he did this to force the Republicans to go on record for rejecting it synni Jan 2026 #27

Bernie! Timeflyer Jan 2026 #11

Sanders Statement after Voting Against Federal Funding Bill Donkees Jan 2026 #12

You would think EuterpeThelo Jan 2026 #14

Thank you Bernie 🩵 Clouds Passing Jan 2026 #15

Thank you, Bernie Sanders pinkstarburst Jan 2026 #16

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The amendment which failed 49-51 is one of seven Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) agreed to *allow* votes on Donkees Jan 2026 #18

Cut the crap! Gary 50 Jan 2026 #19

Exactly +1 Emile Jan 2026 #20

How is this not that? Boo1 Jan 2026 #21

Doomed to fail you say? pwb Jan 2026 #26

Great Boo1 Jan 2026 #34

And you claim to be a Democrat yet pwb Jan 2026 #35

Are we talking about it right now? And some people will think, "Hell yeah. That ICE money Scrivener7 Jan 2026 #31

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Joined today? aocommunalpunch Jan 2026 #24

The vote provided a concrete action for constituents lobby for pat_k Jan 2026 #29

Fantastic Bernie Sanders does what no Democrat or Republican did. Doodley Jan 2026 #30

Awesome! sunflowerseed Jan 2026 #33