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NPR first reported Sanders’ tax plans. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., co-sponsored the estate-tax plan. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., will introduce a version of the bill in the House, while Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., will put forward the corporate tax plan.
Sanders proposed the bills on the day he led a hearing in which he pushed for higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations. Sanders, who has long called out a system “rigged” in favor of the rich and powerful, now stands on a broader platform with a committee gavel and narrow Democratic control of the Senate.