True Patriot Bernie Sanders Stands Up For Kids and The Troops As GOP Pushes Government Shutdown
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is showing Republicans what a true patriot acts like by standing up for those who be hurt the most if the GOP shuts down the government.
In a statement, Sen. Sanders (I-VT):
Republicans are once again taking us to the edge of a government shutdown, demanding we take away health care from the American people. Defunding Planned Parenthood would deny hundreds of thousands of Americans access to services such as birth control, cancer screenings and STI tests.
We know shutting the government down will disrupt the economy and cost us jobs – it did in 2013 and it will if Republicans do it again. I hope my colleagues in both the House and the Senate come to their senses. Kids in Head Start, federal employees, the men and women of our military and law enforcement agencies and so many others should not pay the price for such a radical agenda.
A non-partisan OMB report after the 2013 shutdown found that the Republican behavior cost taxpayers billions of dollars and denied millions Americans needed services. According to the White House Council of Economic Advisors cost the country 120,000 jobs.
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