Millions See Bernie Fighting for Us. Sanders Blasts GOP Senators Over Laid-off Worker Protections

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FULL VIDEO. Bernie Sanders says, "Some of my Republican colleagues are very distressed. They're very upset that somebody that's making $10, $12 an hour might end up with a paycheck for 4 months more than they received last week. Oh my God! The universe is collapsing!" - Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Sanders explains his vote. Bernie Sanders Fights for Laid-off Worker Protections in $2 Trillion Stimulus With Corporate Bailout
Sanders rips GOP senators over objections to stimulus package

The bill would massively expand unemployment benefits, providing laid-off workers up to 100% of their salary and health insurance benefits for four months. Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders successfully fought to strengthen the bill’s assistance to laid-off workers, and voted “yes” even as he warned about the bill’s corporate bailout fund. “We do not need, at this moment in history, to provide a massive amount of corporate welfare to large profitable corporations,” Sanders said in a video explaining his vote.

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