"Once in Royal David's City" is one of my favorite Christmas carols. When I was eight, my class sang it in the school Christmas concert … and I've loved it ever since.
David's City is, of course, Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was born. His family traveled there from the town where they lived, Nazareth — another oft-referenced town in the Bible.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) knows it won't pass, but he still wants to take a vote on it.
The self-described democratic socialist thinks the U.S. Senate should vote on President Joe Biden's so-called Build Back Better social spending plan — even though the majority of the U.S. Senate is against it. All 50 Republicans oppose it, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) said he doesn't support it, and U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) hasn't said whether or not she supports the current bill.
