--- title: Democratic National Committee to Sanction More Debates description: The Democratic National Committee agreed to sanction more debates after Hillary Clinton's and Bernie Sanders’ campaigns said they’d meet. canonical: https://time.com/4201644/dnc-debates-clinton-sanders/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-31T21:16:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:10:03.071Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democratic National Committee Agrees to Sanction More Debates og:description: Clinton's and Sanders' camps still clash on debate details og:url: https://time.com/4201644/dnc-debates-clinton-sanders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democratic National Committee Agrees to Sanction More Debates twitter:description: Clinton's and Sanders' camps still clash on debate details twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Democratic National Committee Agrees to More Debates  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 31, 2016 9:16 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 31, 2016 9:16 PM UTC The Democratic National Committee on Sunday agreed to sanction more debates, [including one hosted by MSNBC in New Hampshire later this week](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/msnbc-host-new-hampshire-democratic-debate?cid=sm%5Ftw&hootPostID=7a6e3687e56334eb3fecb964a0b76e6f), if the candidates agree on the details. The announcement comes after Hillary Clinton’s and Bernie Sanders’ campaigns said they’d[ meet for four new debates](http://time.com/4201292/debates-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/) over the coming months. [DNC Chair Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz](https://www.democrats.org/) said the committee would reconvene negotiations and finalize the schedule with the campaigns early Tuesday. “However, absent agreement on the details, we will give our campaigns the space to focus on the important work of engaging caucus goers in Iowa,” she said in a statement. Sanders’ and Clinton’s campaigns have not yet come to an agreement on debate dates and locations. The Vermont Senator’s campaign is seeking a firm commitment from the Clinton campaign for debates in March, April and May, while the Clinton campaign wants Sanders to attend a debate next week, [a source told TIME on Saturday](http://time.com/4201292/debates-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/). Clinton’s campaign team has so far declined to settle on strict dates in March, April and May. The candidates have already agreed to a Feb. 11 debate on [PBS NewsHour](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/) and a March 9 debate with Univision and [the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4201644/dnc-debates-clinton-sanders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4201644/dnc-debates-clinton-sanders/"},"headline":"Democratic National Committee Agrees to More Debates","datePublished":"2016-01-31T21:16:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:10:03.071Z","description":"But Clinton and Sanders camps are still at odds on debate details","url":"https://time.com/4201644/dnc-debates-clinton-sanders/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4201644/dnc-debates-clinton-sanders/","name":"Democratic National Committee Agrees to More Debates"}}]}] ```