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Continued from front her time before deciding
She planned to pay for whom to back. She didn't
many of her ambitious pro- endorse Sanders in 2016 —
posals with a 2 cent tax on something that infuriated
fortunes worth more than some of his supporters —
$50 million, an idea that and only backed Hillary
prompted chants of "Two Clinton after she effectively
cents! Two cents!" at her won the nomination.
rallies. Top advisers who spoke on
But that energy — and an the condition of anonymity
impressive organization — to discuss private conver-
didn't translate into support sations indicated Warren
once voters started making wouldn't wait that long in
their decisions last month. 2020.
She failed to capture any Sanders wasted little time
of the 14 states that voted making an appeal to War-
on Super Tuesday and fin- ren backers, saying in Ver-
ished an embarrassing third mont on Thursday, "I would
in Massachusetts. simply say to her support-
The Democratic contest ers out there, of which
now centers on Vermont there are millions: We are
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is opening the door to you.
trying to rally progressives, We'd love you to come on
and former Vice President board." From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former Vice Presi-
Joe Biden, who is appeal- But the divisions among dent Joe Biden, participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center,
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, S.C., co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black
ing to moderates. They are Democrats run deep. Toni Caucus Institute.
both white men in their late Van Pelt, the president of Associated Press
70s, a fact that is prompt- the National Organization
ing soul-searching for some for Women, urged Warren standing with progressives turned to the South Caro- who acknowledges sex-
Democrats who heralded against siding with Sanders sagged as Sanders stood lina primary late last month, ism is derided as a "whiner"
the historic diversity that and noted Biden's involve- by his unwavering support an outside political group and those who don't aren't
characterized the early ment in the passage of the for government-run health began pouring millions of accepting reality. But she
days of the primary. Violence Against Women care immediately. dollars into television ad- nonetheless suggested
"I think we all have to re- Act. After long avoiding di- vertising on her behalf. That her road might have been
ally interrogate why being "She has a lot of leverage rect conflict, Warren and forced Warren to say that, harder than that of the
for someone other than right now. We do trust her Sanders clashed in Janu- although she rejected su- male candidates.
someone who looks like to make the right decisions ary after she said Sand- per PACs, she'd accept "I was told at the beginning
almost every other presi- on how to proceed. But ers had suggested during their help as long as other of this whole undertaking
dent we've had, in terms we'd like her not to rush into a private meeting in 2018 candidates did. Her cam- that there are two lanes, a
of age and gender, why this," Van Pelt said. "Sanders that a woman couldn't win paign, meanwhile, shifted progressive lane that Bernie
everything else is seen as doesn't have a record. He's the White House. Sanders strategy again, saying it Sanders is the incumbent
risky," said Cecile Richards, really, as far as we know, denied that, but Warren was betting on a contested for and a moderate lane
the former president of done next to nothing for refused to shake his out- convention. that Joe Biden is the incum-
Planned Parenthood. women and for our issues stretched hand after a de- Warren said outside her bent for," she said. "And
While she said she will rally and for the things that are bate in Iowa — which only house on Thursday that there's no room for anyone
behind whoever emerges our priorities." further hurt her polling num- "gender in this race, that is else in this. I thought that
as the Democratic nomi- After a strong summer, bers. a trick question," since any wasn't right, but, evidently,
nee, House Speaker Nancy Warren's poll numbers be- By the time the campaign woman running for office I was wrong."q
Pelosi also lamented the gan to slip after a series of
challenges facing women debates in which she re-
in politics. peatedly refused to answer Trump administration to allow more
"Every time I get introduced direct questions about if
as the most powerful wom- she'd have to raise taxes seasonal foreign workers
an, I almost cry because I on the middle class to pay
wish that were not true," she for universal, government-
said Thursday. "I so wish that funded health care under WASHINGTON (AP) — An gress, on both sides of the ing to the Migration Policy
we had a woman president a "Medicare for All" pro- additional 35,000 tempo- aisle that really push for Institute.
of the United States." gram. Warren's top advis- rary foreign workers will be this," said Sarah Pierce, a A total of 10,000 of the ad-
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard ers were slow to catch on allowed into the U.S. this policy analyst with the Mi- ditional H-2B visas will be set
is still in the race but faces that not providing more year to fill seasonal jobs gration Policy Institute. aside for the first time this
steep odds and has won details looked to voters like amid a tight labor market, There is an annual cap of year for people from Gua-
just two delegates in her a major oversight for a can- the Trump administration 66,000 H-2B visas but U.S. temala, El Salvador and
quest for the nomination. didate who proudly had so said Thursday. law allows the administra- Honduras because those
Although she's no longer many other policy plans. In expanding the number of tion to set a "supplemental" countries agreed to help
a presidential contender, When Warren finally moved so-called H-2B visas for tem- allocation if needed. the administration ease
Warren will likely remain a to correct the problem, her porary non-farm workers, The additional 35,000 is pressure on the southern
force in Democratic politics support eroded further. She the administration is siding the highest under Presi- border by taking in people
and could play a promi- moved away from a full with business groups and dent Donald Trump, who seeking U.S. asylum, ac-
nent role in a future admin- endorsement of Medicare members of Congress who has said the U.S. needs cording to the Department
istration if the party wins for All, announcing that have argued that there temporary foreign work- of Homeland Security.
the White House. Clearly she'd work with Congress are not enough Americans ers because of demand The administration says it
aware of her power, War- to transition the country to fill many service-sector in the labor market. Last will take "significant steps"
ren didn't rush to endorse to the program over three and food-processing jobs year, the administration set to address fraud and abuse
either Sanders or Biden. years. Biden and other ri- across the country. the supplemental visa cap in the H-2B program and
Warren suggested Thurs- vals pounced, calling War- "There are a lot of advo- at 30,000. In the two prior will generally limit the visas
day that she would take ren a flip-flopper, and her cates, especially in Con- years it was 15,000, accord- to returning workers.q