Sen. Bernie Sanders: It's time to protect working families through $3.5 trillion budget 'reconciliation' bill

Here’s some of what we’re trying to do to address the long-neglected problems facing working families and, in the process, create millions of good paying jobs. 

The time is long overdue for Congress to address the long-neglected needs of ordinary Americans and not just the one percent and wealthy campaign contributors. Since 2009, 45% of all new income has gone into the hands of the 1 percent.  Meanwhile, because of tax policy written by corporate lobbyists, some of the very richest people in this country and largest corporations pay nothing in federal income taxes in a given year – not a penny. And, as Warren Buffett often reminds us, the effective tax rate for billionaires is actually lower than that of the average worker.