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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic candidate for Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent time campaigning last week in a state many progressives wouldn t consider a campaign priority:Kansas.CBS News Fa stanley cups ce the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan sat down with Vermont s Sanders, a well-known face in Democratic politics, and New York s casio-Cortez, a rising star in the party after she defeated incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, as they stu stanley kubek mped in the Sunflower State.Brennan asked why they would spend time campaigning for candidates in a red state like Kansas that voted overwhelmingly for President Trump.Transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Face the Nation, July 22, 2018 Well, Margaret, I happen to believe, passionately, that there really is not a blue-state, red-state tradition in this country. I think there s a lot of mythology attached stanley cups uk to that, Sanders said. People, they believe that healthcare is a right, he continued. People believe we should raise the minimum wage to a living wage. People do not think, as Trump does, that we should give a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top 1 percent, but in fact we have got to demand that the rich start paying their fair share of taxes. Whether you re in Kansas or the Bronx or in Vermont, we have common interests and common aspirations and we have got to fight for an America that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent. Ocasio-Cortez, who ran a campaign on a platform Rpqa The President s Wristwatch
The Senate s top Republican said Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor fails the test of impartiality despite her impressive background while the leading Democrat defended her as a ma stanley cup instream moderate Tuesday.Those comments came as the Senate prepared to debate the judge expected to be confirmed as the first Hispanic and third female justice.Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada previewed their parties dueling arguments Tuesday over President Barack Obama s history-making nominee, who stanley travel mug is expected to sail through the Senate this week with bipartisan support. Nearly three-quarters of GOP senators have lined up against Sotomayor, but a handful are siding with Democrats to support her. She s developed a 17-year record as a moderate, mainstream judge, said Reid, the majority leader. I m disappointed not more of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are likely to vote for this outstanding nominee. McConnell said Sotomayor is is certainly a fine person with an impressive story and a distinguished background. But a judge must be able to check his or her personal or political agenda at the cour stanley quencher troom door and do justice evenhandedly... It s a test Judge Sotomayor does not pass. The two party leaders spoke on the Senate floor a few hours before formal debate was to begin.There s so little doubt about the outcome that confirming Obama s first high court choice didn t even come up at
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic candidate for Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent time campaigning last week in a state many progressives wouldn t consider a campaign priority:Kansas.CBS News Fa stanley cups ce the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan sat down with Vermont s Sanders, a well-known face in Democratic politics, and New York s casio-Cortez, a rising star in the party after she defeated incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, as they stu stanley kubek mped in the Sunflower State.Brennan asked why they would spend time campaigning for candidates in a red state like Kansas that voted overwhelmingly for President Trump.Transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Face the Nation, July 22, 2018 Well, Margaret, I happen to believe, passionately, that there really is not a blue-state, red-state tradition in this country. I think there s a lot of mythology attached stanley cups uk to that, Sanders said. People, they believe that healthcare is a right, he continued. People believe we should raise the minimum wage to a living wage. People do not think, as Trump does, that we should give a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top 1 percent, but in fact we have got to demand that the rich start paying their fair share of taxes. Whether you re in Kansas or the Bronx or in Vermont, we have common interests and common aspirations and we have got to fight for an America that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent. Ocasio-Cortez, who ran a campaign on a platform Rpqa The President s Wristwatch
The Senate s top Republican said Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor fails the test of impartiality despite her impressive background while the leading Democrat defended her as a ma stanley cup instream moderate Tuesday.Those comments came as the Senate prepared to debate the judge expected to be confirmed as the first Hispanic and third female justice.Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada previewed their parties dueling arguments Tuesday over President Barack Obama s history-making nominee, who stanley travel mug is expected to sail through the Senate this week with bipartisan support. Nearly three-quarters of GOP senators have lined up against Sotomayor, but a handful are siding with Democrats to support her. She s developed a 17-year record as a moderate, mainstream judge, said Reid, the majority leader. I m disappointed not more of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are likely to vote for this outstanding nominee. McConnell said Sotomayor is is certainly a fine person with an impressive story and a distinguished background. But a judge must be able to check his or her personal or political agenda at the cour stanley quencher troom door and do justice evenhandedly... It s a test Judge Sotomayor does not pass. The two party leaders spoke on the Senate floor a few hours before formal debate was to begin.There s so little doubt about the outcome that confirming Obama s first high court choice didn t even come up at