Pelosi Declines to Back Bernie Sanders’ Health Bill
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is declining to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders' universal health care bill.
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Washington (AP) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders rode his impassioned liberal army of supporters through a tumultuous 2016, fighting to snatch the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Clinton. Now he's disrupting the party anew, forcing Democrats to take sides over his plan to provide government-run health care for all.
The Vermont independent's proposal, which he plans to unveil Wednesday, is thrilling the party's progressive base and attracting many potential 2020 presidential hopefuls eager to align those activists behind them. Yet Democratic leaders are stopping short of embracing it, and others are warning it's a political and policy trap.