10 things you need to know today: December 19, 2015

Bernie Sanders regains data access after DNC spat, Congress passes spending bill, and more

Bernie Sanders supporters protest the DNC ban on his access to voter data.
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1. DNC restores Bernie Sanders' access to voter data

The Democratic National Committee restored voter data access to Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign late Friday night. The campaign "complied with the DNC's request to provide the information that we have requested of them," DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a statement. The Sanders campaign, however, credited the agreement to the lawsuit filed against the committee hours earlier. The Vermont senator's crew had been suspended from the database after several staffers accessed Hillary Clinton's private campaign data Wednesday.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.