'If Republicans want to come on board, seriously, great. If not, we're going to do it alone,' Sanders said.
"In general I don't agree with that," Sanders said."The bottom line is the American people want results."
The senator also expressed his belief that voters don't care whether Republicans supported the latest round of stimulus checks."Frankly, when people got a, you know, $1,400 check or $5,600 check for their family, they didn't say, 'Oh, I can't cash this check because it was done without any Republican votes,'" he said.
In an interview on Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Americans want results and they don't care if comes with bipartisan support.Bipartisan negotiations over Biden's infrastructure bill have intensified in recent weeks but Democrats have struggled to convince Republicans to support the plan so far.
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