Bernie Sanders hasn’t achieved anything in his entire useless life.
Look up his legislative record
They don’t work with a coalition to pass law,
Yeah, lets look up some stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders#Legislation
In 2005, Rolling Stone called Sanders the “amendment king” for his ability to get more roll call amendments passed than any other congressman during the period since 1995, when Congress was entirely under Republican control. Being an independent allowed him to form coalitions across party lines
If we take the story at face value, he did get consent.