, he discussed how the major priority of the Biden White House was likely to leave voters disappointed:
As Democrats celebrate the long-sought passage of Joe Biden’s sweeping health, climate and economic package,is not ready to declare victory. Instead, the Vermont senator is sounding the alarm that Congress has failed to meet the moment, with potentially grave consequences for American democracy. “We are living in enormously difficult times,” he said in an interview with the Guardian. “And I worry very muchthat people are giving up on democracy because they do not believe that their government is working for them.”ambitious domestic policy initiative
that Sanders, as chair of the Senate Budget Committee, helped draft last year. The original proposal was, in his view, already a compromise. But he believes it would have gone a long way in addressing the widespread economic distress that is undermining Americans’ faith in their government.