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Sanders Brushes Off Questions on Costs, Age on ‘60 Minutes’

  • Says Democratic Party has moved toward him in past four years
  • A ‘modest’ new Wall Street tax would help pay off student debt
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Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucus

Bernie Sanders struggled to provide details on exactly how he would pay for his sweeping proposals to expand health care, child care and more, and also brushed off questions about his age in an interview broadcast by CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday.

The Vermont senator heads to the South Carolina primary on Feb. 29 after crushing the field in Nevada and is considered the front-runner among the 2020 Democratic presidential field.