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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Just Introduced His Free College Tuition Plan [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)taking nice ideas and putting them into a bill that is practical and achievable. Free college for all is a nice thing to dream of, and perhaps someday we'll get there, but for now, we have a bill that has an actual chance of doing good now!
I'm so proud of our Democratic Senators, and the 14 Democratic representatives in the House who are working together to get past the visionary phase and propose workable and achievable plans to address the crisis in higher education.
So, thanks Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Chris Murphy, Richard Blumenthal, Chris Murphy and Kirsten Gillibrand in the Senate, and Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rick Nolan (D-Minn.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Pramilla Jayapal!
We're so grateful for the competence and intelligence and strength of the Democrats that can take a great idea that Bernie introduced by himself, and add the common sense policy details that would address the real issues facing students, that were so popular on Hillary's platform and bring it all together.
Way to go team! Thanks for all the hard work to ALL of the 20 senators and Representatives who are making the policies the party ran on, into a reality, I'm so glad people realized how to actually implement ideas. See what happens when instead of going it alone, Democrats work together to get things done?
This does indeed look like the plan Bernie and Hillary put together! It's important to acknowledge ALL of the people whose hard work went into this, it would not be in its current form without Hillary and all the other wonderful Democrats that are frequently ignored. It's time we thank them ALL.