(CNN) Entering 2017, and the dawn of the Trump era, the prevailing hit on suddenly powerless Democrats was that they had no message and, worse, no ideas. What's become increasingly clear over the past year is that the Democratic Party of 2018 has broken cleanly in Sanders' direction. That Sanders' ideas are taking hold assures him, personally, of very little. A new bill this week from New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker would create a pilot program for a federal jobs guarantee. Gillibrand also introduced legislation this week that would require the US post office to offer bank services, effectively creating a public option for personal banking.

Source: CNN April 30, 2018 05:03 UTC