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Sen. Bernie Sanders Says He’ll Delay Defense Override to Force Vote on $2,000 COVID Checks

Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the Capitol Hill dome. (AP)

Sanders, the Vermont senator and two-time presidential candidate, knows the Senate is eager to override the president’s veto of a key defense spending bill. Now he’s threatening to tie the chamber up in knots with a filibuster unless it moves quickly on another pressing order of business: