{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/100117", "October 1", "2017-10-01", "2017", "2017-10", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Oct 1\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSunday, October 1, 2017\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tSanders Campaigns in Atlanta\u00a0Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned in Atlanta on behalf of mayoral candidate Vincent Fort yesterday.\u00a0Fort is a longtime state senator who shares many of Sanders\u2019 populist positions. Fort also endorsed Sanders\u2019 2016 presidential bid. Enthusiastic Sanders fans \u2014 making up a throng of more than 2,400 \u2014 crowded into the sanctuary of Saint Philip AME Church Saturday,\u00a0The Atlanta Journal Constitution,\u00a0The Associated Press,\u00a0WXIA-TV,\u00a0Politically Georgia,\u00a0Fox 5 Atlanta,\u00a0WGCL-TV,\u00a0WXIA-TV\u00a0reported.\r\nReaction to Republican Budget\u00a0Sanders, as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement stating that the Republican budget proposal \u201cwas written for the billionaire class, for Wall Street, for corporate CEOs and for the Koch brothers. It is the exact opposite of what America stands for and must be soundly defeated,\u201d\u00a0Vermont Biz\u00a0reported.\u00a0\r\nSunday Shows\u00a0Sanders will appear Sunday on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week,\u201d along with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Sen. Tim Scott,\u00a0The Associated Press\u00a0and\u00a0Politico\u00a0reported.\r\nRepublican Takeover in New England\u00a0Quietly, 4 out of 6 of New England\u2019s \u201cblue\u201d states elected Republican governors this past cycle. Despite the popularity of Sanders in Vermont, Republican Phil Scott won the gubernatorial election by 9 points. It was not uncommon to see yard signs for both Scott and Sanders on the same yards,\u00a0New York Post\u00a0reported.\r\nSanders Learns Ancestor Fought Nazis\u00a0Sanders was visibly moved to learn that one of his ancestors died fighting Nazis during World War II in a yet-to-be-released episode of \"Finding Your Roots\" on PBS,\u00a0The Hill,\u00a0Haaretz\u00a0reported.\r\nDemocratic Socialists on the Rise\u00a0Inspired by Sanders\u2019 success at forcing leftwing ideas into the nomination battle, the nation\u2019s largest socialist organization, the Democratic Socialists of America, has watched its dues-paying membership, which historically has hovered around 5,000, swell to 25,000,\u00a0Politico\u00a0reported\r\nMuslim-American Launches Congressional Run\u00a0Nadeem Mazen, a two-term Cambridge, MA city councilor announced his congressional bid. Mazen said his campaign draws on themes raised by Sanders and Hillary Clinton,\u00a0Reuters\u00a0reported.\r\nSeth Moulton in Iowa\u00a0The sophomore Congressman from Massachusetts found himself at Iowa\u2019s annual steak fry this past weekend. It\u2019s a unique institution in U.S. politics and sponsored by the Polk County Democrats that have been traditional first stops for future Democratic presidential candidates, including Sanders,\u00a0The Boston Globe\u00a0reported.\r\nFlorida Candidates on Medicare-for-All\u00a0This month Sanders introduced legislation that would make Medicare available to every American. But perhaps more noteworthy than the single payer proposal itself was the number of Democratic co-sponsors Sanders was able to attract to the bill.\u00a0Tampa Bay Times\u00a0asked each of the Democratic candidates for governor where they stand on the issue.\r\nColumn: Medicare-for-All After Price Resignation\u00a0\u201cFederal subsidies must be increased and a public option should be introduced to compete with private insurers. The long-term goal, championed by Bernie Sanders, should be Medicare-for-all, universal healthcare, though we\u2019re not there yet,\u201d Ross Barkan wrote for\u00a0The Guardian.\u00a0\r\nColumn: DSCC Fundraises Off of Sanders Bill\u00a0\u201cOn Thursday, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent a fundraising email from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that promoted his single-payer legislation. This email gives Republicans ammunition to depict Democrats in states like West Virginia and Missouri as progressive radicals more in touch with coastal ideologues than their own working class constituents,\u201d Emily Jashinsky wrote for the\u00a0Washington Examiner.\r\nColumn: Medicare-for-All is a Bad Idea\u00a0\u201cMedicare-for-All as conceived by Senator Sanders is a bad idea because of the inevitable rationing it will produce. In other well-known single-payer systems, this rationing takes several forms, including restrictions on the availability of treatments or, more commonly, rationing by waiting,\u201d Chris Conover wrote for\u00a0Forbes.\r\nColumn: Socialized Medicare Won the Debate\u00a0\u201cIntroduced after the Bernie Sanders Medicare for all bill made its debut with 16 co-sponsors in the Senate, the Graham-Cassidy bill looked all the worse by comparison. Both bills arrived at the end of a summer of activism, a summer that has treated us repeatedly to the sight of people in wheelchairs carted out of the Senate chanting,\u201d Sarah Jaffe wrote for\u00a0New Republic.\u00a0\r\nColumn: Possible 2020 Candidates\u00a0\u201dWith Sanders\u2019s approval rating at 75 percent, that makes him the most popular politician in America. He\u2019s the standard-bearer for the populist left whose \u2018Medicare for All\u2019 bill, while still a liberal pipe dream, now seems as much of a litmus test for ambitious national Democrats as abortion rights. He will also be 79 years old on Election Day 2020,\u201d Jazon Zengerle wrote for\u00a0The New York Times.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/100117"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2208490408957005, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}