![Bernie Sanders Says $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan Is ‘The Minimum’ Bernie Sanders Says $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan Is ‘The Minimum’](https://realnews.today/media/bernie-sanders-reconciliation-3600x2399-1-310x168.jpg)
Anticipating a clash with conservative Democrats over the price tag of the party’s emerging reconciliation package, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday laid down a clear marker: the $3.5 trillion in spending outlined in a newly approved budget resolution is already the compromise, and anything less won’t cut it.
“I already negotiated. The truth is we need more,” Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Budget Committee and chief architect of the reconciliation blueprint, told Politico in an interview published Thursday.