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Sanders was named chairman of outreach during a closed-door Senate Democratic caucus meeting Wednesday morning.

Sanders told reporters that he has a "heavy responsibility to help shape the priorities of the United States government."

"I'm going to do everything that I can to make sure that the budget that leaves the United States Congress is a budget that represents the needs of working families and a shrinking middle class and not billionaires," he said.

"We want to expand on that, and he will be reaching out to all our allies," she told reporters. "We have a tremendous amount of talent in our caucus and we want to make sure everyone is contributing."

Sanders, however, will not have a top-ranking position in the leadership.

Sanders will keep his post as the senior minority member of the Budget Committee, which will give him a high-profile platform in the next Congress, when Republicans are expected to use the budget process to repeal ObamaCare.

Baldwin will serve as Senate Democratic Conference secretary and Manchin will serve as vice chairman of the DPCC.

— Jordain Carney contributed to this report, which was updated at 11:10 a.m.