Biden-Sanders Unity Task Forces

The Biden-Sanders Unity Task Forces are policy development task forces that were created in the wake of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, in which Joe Biden was elected as the presumptive Democratic nominee, with Bernie Sanders finishing second. Sanders eventually dropped out of the race^[1] and endorsed Biden for president,^[2] and the two formed a series of task forces. These task forces aim to bridge the divide between the right wing of the Democratic party, represented by Biden, and the left wing of the party, represented by Sanders.^[2]

Six task forces were formed, each with members representing each candidate, covering climate change, criminal justice reform, the economy, education, health care, and immigration.^[3] The final report was released on July 8, 2020, and is expected to form the basis of the 2020 Democratic presidential platform.^[4]^[5] The six groups were coordinated by Analilia Mejia, political director to the Sanders primary campaign, and Carmel Martin, an advisor to Biden.^[5]^[6]

Committee membership[]

(Italics denotes the Chair of a committee)

Unity Task Force on Climate Change[]

John Kerry
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Kathy Castor
Kerry Duggan
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Conor Lamb
Gina McCarthy
Donald McEachin
Varshini Prakash

Unity Task Force on Criminal Justice Reform[]

Chiraag Bains
Bobby Scott
Raumesh Akbari
Justin Bamberg
Vanita Gupta
Eric Holder
Symone Sanders
Stacey Walker

Unity Task Force on the Economy[]

Karen Bass
Sara Nelson
Jared Bernstein
Darrick Hamilton
Ben Harris
Stephanie Kelton
Lee Saunders
Sonal Shah

Unity Task Force on Education[]

Marcia Fudge
Alejandro Adler
Lily Eskelsen Garcia
Maggie Thompson
Christie Vilsack
Randi Weingarten
Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Unity Task Force on Health Care[]

Pramila Jayapal
Vivek Murthy
Donald Berwick
Abdul El-Sayed
Sherry Glied
Mary Kay Henry
Chris Jennings
Robin Kelly

Unity Task Force on Immigration[]

Lucille Roybal-Allard
Marielena Hincapié
Cristóbal Alex
Veronica Escobar
Marisa Franco
Juan Gonzalez
Kate Marshall
Javier Valdés

References[]

^ Scott, Dylan (April 8, 2020). "Bernie Sanders ends his second bid for the presidency". Vox. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Collins, Sean (April 13, 2020). "Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden: "We need you in the White House"". Vox. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
^ Barbara Sprunt (May 13, 2020). "Biden And Sanders Announce Task Forces To Find Party Unity Over Policy". NPR. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
^ Daniel Uria (July 8, 2020). "Biden, Sanders task forces unveil policy recommendations for general election". UPI. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Beatrice Peterson; Averi Harper; John Verhovek; Molly Nagle (July 10, 2020). "Biden-Bernie Sanders Unity Task Forces release DNC platform recommendations". ABC News. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
^ Jessica Corbett (June 24, 2020). "DNC Ignores Progressive Climate Activists". EcoWatch. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[1] Scott, Dylan (April 8, 2020). "Bernie Sanders ends his second bid for the presidency". Vox. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[:0-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Collins, Sean (April 13, 2020). "Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden: "We need you in the White House"". Vox. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[3] Barbara Sprunt (May 13, 2020). "Biden And Sanders Announce Task Forces To Find Party Unity Over Policy". NPR. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[4] Daniel Uria (July 8, 2020). "Biden, Sanders task forces unveil policy recommendations for general election". UPI. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[:1-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Beatrice Peterson; Averi Harper; John Verhovek; Molly Nagle (July 10, 2020). "Biden-Bernie Sanders Unity Task Forces release DNC platform recommendations". ABC News. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[6] Jessica Corbett (June 24, 2020). "DNC Ignores Progressive Climate Activists". EcoWatch. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

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