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Democrats Finalize Exceptionally Progressive Party Platform
Source: Associated Press
Democrats Finalize Exceptionally Progressive Party Platform
By MARYALICE PARKS - Jul 10, 2016, 10:22 AM ET
The Democratic Party is on track to ratify what is arguably its most progressive policy agenda in modern history, after the committee tasked with writing the platform document finished its final round of amendments and votes overnight.
The platform is expected to be formally adopted at the party’s national convention in Philadelphia at the end of the month.
While the document is nonbinding, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has been laser-focused on it since the primary season wrapped up and has kept some of his top staffers on board to fight for the inclusion of his ideas. The Sanders campaign views the platform as tangible evidence that his campaign's efforts moved the party to the left and they hope the document will excite their fans and serve as leverage for lobbying policy details in next Congress and administration.
The document -– a formal declaration of the party's positions -– includes language on breaking up "too-big-to fail" banks; reinstating a new version of the Glass-Steagall Act, which required that commercial banking and securities activities be separated; abolishing the death penalty; and fighting for a Constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's ruling in the Citizen's United case, which barred the government from restricting political spending by nonprofit corporations.
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By MARYALICE PARKS - Jul 10, 2016, 10:22 AM ET
The Democratic Party is on track to ratify what is arguably its most progressive policy agenda in modern history, after the committee tasked with writing the platform document finished its final round of amendments and votes overnight.
The platform is expected to be formally adopted at the party’s national convention in Philadelphia at the end of the month.
While the document is nonbinding, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has been laser-focused on it since the primary season wrapped up and has kept some of his top staffers on board to fight for the inclusion of his ideas. The Sanders campaign views the platform as tangible evidence that his campaign's efforts moved the party to the left and they hope the document will excite their fans and serve as leverage for lobbying policy details in next Congress and administration.
The document -– a formal declaration of the party's positions -– includes language on breaking up "too-big-to fail" banks; reinstating a new version of the Glass-Steagall Act, which required that commercial banking and securities activities be separated; abolishing the death penalty; and fighting for a Constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's ruling in the Citizen's United case, which barred the government from restricting political spending by nonprofit corporations.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-finalize-exceptionally-progressive-party-platform/story?id=40465214
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