Articles Tagged: Bernie Sanders

This week on the podcast: Catelin Drey wins Western Iowa special election. Plus, highlights from Ashley Hinson’s annual fundraiser and Bernie Sanders in the Quad Cities.

It was standing room only as U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied hundreds of people on his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour stop in Davenport. Sanders spoke critically of America's health care system, corporate influence on politics, and what he called a broken economic and political system for the working class.

Donald Trump swooped in from his helicopter. Hillary Clinton saw the butter cow. And Bernie Sanders drew a crowd so large it almost shut down the Grand Concourse. It was 10 years ago today — Aug. 15, 2015 — that Trump, Clinton and Sanders all visited the Iowa State Fair on the same day.

The senator from Vermont spoke to hundreds at Iowa City’s Englert Theater Saturday morning.

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Also, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders returning to Iowa City.

Also in Campaign Almanac: Progressive group issues endorsements for Johnson County supervisors.

The Iowa Republican, who a year ago saw opportunities to work with his former Senate colleague on issues such as prescription drug pricing, now believes the president’s compromises to appease progressives are limiting his ability to reach bipartisan agreement on his proposals.

Vermont senator traveling the county to rally support for $3.5 trillion spending plan.

Progressive movement offers “a vision of restoring our government's promised to be of and for the people, a government that actually delivers for working people.”