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Bernie Sanders: “We saved the pensions for millions of workers.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Jon Stewart & Bernie Sanders on Rebuilding Trust & Efficacy in the Government The Weekly Show

Published | Video Starts at 54:15

That one bill, John, in a three year period, reduced, among many other things, childhood poverty by 40%. Got it. That was one small provision. In a larger bill, We saved the pensions for millions of workers. One small provision in that bill, when people were lining up for food, we got them $1,400 checks with child care centers. Small businesses were going. Was it a perfect bill? (54:15–54:19)

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Asserts that the American Rescue Plan included a provision that saved pensions for millions of workers.

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