The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 27, 2020 Progressive Dems Introduce Bill to Stop Federal Subsidies to Fossil Fuel Companies ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In other environmental news, a group of progressive Democrats, including Minnesota Congressmember Ilhan Omar and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, introduced a bill Friday that would stop fossil fuel companies from receiving billions of taxpayer dollars in subsidies and federal coronavirus relief funds. .