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Doodley

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30. Fantastic Bernie Sanders does what no Democrat or Republican did.

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Sat Jan 31, 2026, 04:25 PM

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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 Yesterday OP

Awesome! Thank you Senator Sanders! FakeNoose Yesterday #1

BRAVO BERNIE!!! BRILLIANT!!! liberalla Yesterday #2

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

Hidden R support is definitely what I suspect. ShazzieB 7 hrs ago #28

Outstanding! paleotn Yesterday #4

K&R UTUSN Yesterday #5

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

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

It is confusing to me popsdenver Yesterday #8

They didn't get a majority Wiz Imp Yesterday #9

F'k!!! Dave says Yesterday #10

Vote in the midterms like your life depended on it. Because it does. AZ8theist 9 hrs ago #25

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

How many Greens voted for it? W_HAMILTON 9 hrs ago #22

All Democrats voted for it? What happened to the both-sides-corrupted-by-oligarchs-and-billionaires thing? betsuni 6 hrs ago #32

I'm sure he did this to force the Republicans to go on record for rejecting it synni 8 hrs ago #27

Bernie! Timeflyer 13 hrs ago #11

Sanders Statement after Voting Against Federal Funding Bill Donkees 13 hrs ago #12

You would think EuterpeThelo 13 hrs ago #14

Thank you Bernie 🩵 Clouds Passing 12 hrs ago #15

Thank you, Bernie Sanders pinkstarburst 12 hrs ago #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 10 hrs ago #18

Cut the crap! Gary 50 10 hrs ago #19

Exactly +1 Emile 9 hrs ago #20

How is this not that? Boo1 9 hrs ago #21

Doomed to fail you say? pwb 8 hrs ago #26

Great Boo1 4 hrs ago #34

And you claim to be a Democrat yet pwb 4 hrs ago #35

Are we talking about it right now? And some people will think, "Hell yeah. That ICE money Scrivener7 6 hrs ago #31

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Joined today? aocommunalpunch 9 hrs ago #24

The vote provided a concrete action for constituents lobby for pat_k 7 hrs ago #29

Fantastic Bernie Sanders does what no Democrat or Republican did. Doodley 7 hrs ago #30

Awesome! sunflowerseed 5 hrs ago #33