The Speech by Bernie Sanders5/30/2023 ![]() Find and support your local public radio station. Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter. Email the show at Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group. Connect: Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here. This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, and White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Though his speech failed to sway hearts and minds in the Senate - the deal passed with a bipartisan super-majority - but gained traction online and to helped establish Bernie Sanders as a progressive standard-bearer. Sanders was upset that the package included tax cuts for high-income Americans. ![]() ![]() On December 10th, 2010, Bernie Sanders gave a marathon speech on the floor of the Senate protesting a tax deal negotiated between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and then-Vice President Joe Biden. The Eight-Hour Speech That Made Bernie Sanders A Household Name : The NPR Politics Podcast This week, the NPR Politics Podcast investigates defining moments in the lives of four top Democratic presidential candidates to understand how those experiences shape their politics today. ![]()
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