{"id":2378720,"date":"2024-12-10T23:30:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-says-his-next-senate-term-will-likely-be-his-last-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T23:31:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:31:40","slug":"sanders-says-his-next-senate-term-will-likely-be-his-last-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-says-his-next-senate-term-will-likely-be-his-last-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders says his next Senate term will likely be his last &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsanders-says-his-next-senate-term-will-likely-be-his-last-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2378720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200dtext contains an HTML snippet that\u200c includes a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gold-bars-confiscated-at-senator-menendezs-residence-linked-to-2013-armed-robbery\/\" title=\"Gold bars found at Senator Menendez&#039;s home connected to 2013 robbery\">button labeled<\/a> &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/light-it-up\/\" title=\"Light It Up!\">reveal\u2062 additional\u2063 content<\/a>\u200b when clicked. 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You can do the figuring. I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t know, but I would assume, probably, yes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders is about to serve his fourth term in the Senate after spending eight terms in the House.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Sanders represented the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and mounted failed runs for president in 2016 and 2020. He finished second in the primary both times.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker founded the Progressive Caucus with several other members in 1991, and membership has now grown to over 100.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dozens of them are really strong progressives who share my perspectives,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has maintained his stance that Democrats have lost touch with the country, a comment he made soon after President-elect Donald Trump won the election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The average American is hurting,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to recognize the reality of what&rsquo;s going on. And I&rsquo;m not sure that enough Democrats are doing that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanders says he will still be a leading advocate for healthcare, which he championed in his two presidential runs. The senator will lose his role as chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in January.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are the only major country on Earth that doesn&rsquo;t guarantee healthcare to all of its people. 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