Platform Committee Determines Positions of Democratic Party
The Democratic National Committee will offer Senator Bernie Sanders more seats on the key platform committee, which at this summer’s convention will formally decide the party’s positions on issues from minimum wage to taxes to health care and more. The offer was first reported by The Washington Post Thursday night, as “an attempt to head off an ugly conflict at its convention this summer.”
More seats on the platform committee means a great chance for Senator Sanders’ goals and positions, like a $15 minimum wage, to be the official position of Democrats.
“Sanders’s aides have also publicly and privately complained about the appointment of two Clinton loyalists — former congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts to head the Rules Committee and Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy to lead the Platform Committee — as chairmen of two of the convention’s standing bodies,” the Post also reports. “Tad Devine, a senior adviser to the Sanders campaign, said this week that they may yet seek to have Frank and Malloy removed from their posts.”
The Hill adds that Sanders “recently sent a letter to DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz demanding more committee spots at the convention.”
Rachel Maddow also announced the news on her show Thursday night (video above).
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