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Dec. 14, 2021 Booker, Cardin, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Create Special Envoy to Monitor and Address Islamophobia Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 14, 2021 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Support Human Rights and Humanitarian Needs in Cuba Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 13, 2021 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Menendez and Booker Join Coalition of Democratic Senators in Call to Ensure All Eligible New Jersey Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 11, 2021 Tweet - "Today, our younger generations have a lower standard of living than their parents did at their age. Meanwhile, the cost of housing is 72% higher and the cost of college is 163% higher than it was 20 years ago -- after adjusting for inflation. The time for action is NOW." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "No, we should not accept a health care system that allows the pharmaceutical industry to raise the cost of prescription drugs whenever they want to whatever they want. That is barbaric." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "While the majority of the American people have expressed overwhelming support for the Build Back Better Act and delivering for working Americans, Republicans continue to oppose it. Maybe, just maybe, that's why they have to resort to voter suppression." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 9, 2021 Budgetary Revisions Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS, Hickenlooper, Bennet Join Murray, Wyden, and Colleagues in Call to Ensure All Eligible Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "Every worker should have the constitutional right to join a union. Period." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "When a small number of people at the top are doing phenomenally well, while millions of people struggle, maybe, just maybe, it's time we stand up for the working class of this country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "If the founder of Starbucks can become nearly $2 BILLION richer during the pandemic, yes, Starbucks can afford to pay its workers a living wage.:" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "The Saudi government is waging a devastating war in Yemen and repressing its own people. We should not be rewarding them with more weapons of war. I'm on the floor of the Senate NOW to block an arms sale to this regime." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "In the richest country in the history of the world, mothers should have a right to spend time with their newborns. We must enact paid family and medical leave NOW." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Booker, Krishnamoorthi Lead Colleagues in Calling on U.S. Department of Education to Facilitate Student Civic Engagement in Institutions of Higher Education Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "Why should we accept a reality in which the rich have so much while so many have so little?" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "My simple question is, why in the world would the United States reward a regime that has caused such pain in Yemen with more weapons. The answer is we should not." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader US Senate - Keep Affordable Insulin Measures in Build Back Better Act Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 7, 2021 Motion to Discharge Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 6, 2021 Letter to Hon. Brenda Mallory, Chair Council on Environmental Quality - End Government Purchase of Products with PFAS Contamination Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 6, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Warner, Kaine & Colleagues Call on U.S. Department of Education to Facilitate Student Civic Engagement in Higher Education Institutions Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 6, 2021 Tweet - "Rep. @IlhanMN is a leader of incredible courage. Sadly, these bigoted attacks are not the first she's endured in her life. The vicious hatred directed toward her has no place anywhere, especially not in Congress. I urge the House Democratic leadership to take immediate action." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "This is obscene. Last week, 8 investors in Pfizer and Moderna became $10 billion richer as news about the Omicron variant spread. It's time for these pharmaceutical companies to share their vaccines with the world and start controlling their greed. Enough is enough!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "Bob Dole served his country with courage on the battlefield, and with dignity in the Senate. Jane and I send our condolences to his family." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "Americans are entitled to an efficient, well-run postal service with high-quality mail delivery standards. That is why Postmaster General DeJoy should be removed from office." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 4, 2021 Tweet - "Is anyone in the United States Congress willing to tell me with a straight face that "yeah, the American people enjoy paying some of the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?" Totally absurd." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 3, 2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President - Urging Delay in Medicare Premiums Increase Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 3, 2021 Letter to Walter J. Scheller CEO Warrior Met Coal Inc. - Negotiate A Fair Contract With Workers Union Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 2, 2021 Tweet - "The bottom line is you can't talk about demanding the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, and then give large tax breaks to millionaires. It's just too much hypocrisy." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 2, 2021 Tweet - "We must build an economy that works for all Americans, not just billionaires and large corporations. Period." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 1, 2021 Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, Ranking Member Inhofe - Grassley, Colleagues Push To Keep Bipartisan Military Justice Bill In Pentagon Funding Measure Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "In the richest country in the history of the world, keeping teeth in your mouth as you grow old should not be a luxury. We must expand Medicare NOW." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "As the Supreme Court today hears a case on Roe v. Wade, let me be very clear. It is a woman who has the right to control her own body, not the government. If men were the ones giving birth, I doubt that this would be in question." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 30, 2021 Sanders Calls on WTO Members to Stop Delaying Vaccine Waiver Decision as Group Postpones Critical Meeting Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "Politicians who gerrymander districts to unfairly gain political advantages are undermining our democracy. Period." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "119. That's how many days of paid leave new moms are guaranteed in Canada. Do you know how many days of paid leave they're guaranteed in the United States? Z-E-R-O. What a disgrace." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Letter to Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Jim Inhofe, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Warner joins Gillibrand and Colleagues in Letter Pushing Committee Leadership to Keep Senate-Passed Military Justice Bill in Final NDAA Language Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "The time for debate by the members of the World Trade Organization is over. We must urgently move NOW to dismantle the vaccine inequality that undermines our ability to confront this crisis and make vaccine technologies available to all, regardless of wealth." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "It is long due time we rebuild the trade union movement in this country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "Let's be clear. The problem is not the worker who got a small raise & a $1,400 check 7 months ago. The problem is corporations making record-breaking profits while 700 billionaires became $2 trillion richer during the pandemic. We need an economy that works for all, not the 1%." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 29, 2021 Tweet - "One of the greatest political crises we face is voter suppression. Our job: fight back. Defend voting rights. Create a vibrant democracy." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 29, 2021 Tweet - "What if instead of helping billionaires fund their space hobby, we invested in working people here on Earth?" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 28, 2021 Tweet - "Democracy means one person, one vote. It does not mean outrageous gerrymandering maps and absurd laws to suppress to vote." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 27, 2021 Tweet - "The Republican idea of democracy is voter suppression, extreme gerrymandering, and billionaires buying elections." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 27, 2021 Tweet - "It is expensive to raise kids, and working class parents are struggling. By expanding the Child Tax Credit we have helped millions of families and are cutting childhood poverty by 45%. A great accomplishment. Yet, not one Republican will vote to extend that program. Pathetic." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 26, 2021 Tweet - "While working people struggle with high gas prices at the pump, Exxon made $6.8 billion in profits in the last quarter and Chevron made $6.1 billion. We must stop the profiteering and monopolistic behavior of the giant oil companies. American consumers deserve better." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 26, 2021 Tweet - "The American people want fair elections. They do not want extreme gerrymandering. They do not want voter suppression. Period." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 25, 2021 Tweet - "Jane and I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. In these difficult times let us continue standing together, with hope and love, to create the world of peace and justice that we all deserve. Despair is not an option." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 24, 2021 Tweet - "It's absolutely unacceptable that Louis DeJoy, a top campaign contributor of Donald Trump, is still the Postmaster General. He should have been fired a long time ago. We need new leadership who will fight to strengthen and expand the Postal Service, not undermine and sabotage it." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 24, 2021 Tweet - "The American people want to see Congress finally stand up for working families. That's exactly what we must do." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Date Title Politician
Dec. 14, 2021 Booker, Cardin, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Create Special Envoy to Monitor and Address Islamophobia Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 14, 2021 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Support Human Rights and Humanitarian Needs in Cuba Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 13, 2021 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Menendez and Booker Join Coalition of Democratic Senators in Call to Ensure All Eligible New Jersey Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 11, 2021 Tweet - "Today, our younger generations have a lower standard of living than their parents did at their age. Meanwhile, the cost of housing is 72% higher and the cost of college is 163% higher than it was 20 years ago -- after adjusting for inflation. The time for action is NOW." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "No, we should not accept a health care system that allows the pharmaceutical industry to raise the cost of prescription drugs whenever they want to whatever they want. That is barbaric." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "While the majority of the American people have expressed overwhelming support for the Build Back Better Act and delivering for working Americans, Republicans continue to oppose it. Maybe, just maybe, that's why they have to resort to voter suppression." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 9, 2021 Budgetary Revisions Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS, Hickenlooper, Bennet Join Murray, Wyden, and Colleagues in Call to Ensure All Eligible Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "Every worker should have the constitutional right to join a union. Period." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "When a small number of people at the top are doing phenomenally well, while millions of people struggle, maybe, just maybe, it's time we stand up for the working class of this country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "If the founder of Starbucks can become nearly $2 BILLION richer during the pandemic, yes, Starbucks can afford to pay its workers a living wage.:" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "The Saudi government is waging a devastating war in Yemen and repressing its own people. We should not be rewarding them with more weapons of war. I'm on the floor of the Senate NOW to block an arms sale to this regime." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "In the richest country in the history of the world, mothers should have a right to spend time with their newborns. We must enact paid family and medical leave NOW." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Booker, Krishnamoorthi Lead Colleagues in Calling on U.S. Department of Education to Facilitate Student Civic Engagement in Institutions of Higher Education Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "Why should we accept a reality in which the rich have so much while so many have so little?" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "My simple question is, why in the world would the United States reward a regime that has caused such pain in Yemen with more weapons. The answer is we should not." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader US Senate - Keep Affordable Insulin Measures in Build Back Better Act Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 7, 2021 Motion to Discharge Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 6, 2021 Letter to Hon. Brenda Mallory, Chair Council on Environmental Quality - End Government Purchase of Products with PFAS Contamination Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 6, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Warner, Kaine & Colleagues Call on U.S. Department of Education to Facilitate Student Civic Engagement in Higher Education Institutions Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 6, 2021 Tweet - "Rep. @IlhanMN is a leader of incredible courage. Sadly, these bigoted attacks are not the first she's endured in her life. The vicious hatred directed toward her has no place anywhere, especially not in Congress. I urge the House Democratic leadership to take immediate action." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "This is obscene. Last week, 8 investors in Pfizer and Moderna became $10 billion richer as news about the Omicron variant spread. It's time for these pharmaceutical companies to share their vaccines with the world and start controlling their greed. Enough is enough!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "Bob Dole served his country with courage on the battlefield, and with dignity in the Senate. Jane and I send our condolences to his family." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "Americans are entitled to an efficient, well-run postal service with high-quality mail delivery standards. That is why Postmaster General DeJoy should be removed from office." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 4, 2021 Tweet - "Is anyone in the United States Congress willing to tell me with a straight face that "yeah, the American people enjoy paying some of the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?" Totally absurd." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 3, 2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President - Urging Delay in Medicare Premiums Increase Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 3, 2021 Letter to Walter J. Scheller CEO Warrior Met Coal Inc. - Negotiate A Fair Contract With Workers Union Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 2, 2021 Tweet - "The bottom line is you can't talk about demanding the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, and then give large tax breaks to millionaires. It's just too much hypocrisy." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 2, 2021 Tweet - "We must build an economy that works for all Americans, not just billionaires and large corporations. Period." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 1, 2021 Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, Ranking Member Inhofe - Grassley, Colleagues Push To Keep Bipartisan Military Justice Bill In Pentagon Funding Measure Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "In the richest country in the history of the world, keeping teeth in your mouth as you grow old should not be a luxury. We must expand Medicare NOW." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "As the Supreme Court today hears a case on Roe v. Wade, let me be very clear. It is a woman who has the right to control her own body, not the government. If men were the ones giving birth, I doubt that this would be in question." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 30, 2021 Sanders Calls on WTO Members to Stop Delaying Vaccine Waiver Decision as Group Postpones Critical Meeting Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "Politicians who gerrymander districts to unfairly gain political advantages are undermining our democracy. Period." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "119. That's how many days of paid leave new moms are guaranteed in Canada. Do you know how many days of paid leave they're guaranteed in the United States? Z-E-R-O. What a disgrace." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Letter to Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Jim Inhofe, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Warner joins Gillibrand and Colleagues in Letter Pushing Committee Leadership to Keep Senate-Passed Military Justice Bill in Final NDAA Language Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "The time for debate by the members of the World Trade Organization is over. We must urgently move NOW to dismantle the vaccine inequality that undermines our ability to confront this crisis and make vaccine technologies available to all, regardless of wealth." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "It is long due time we rebuild the trade union movement in this country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "Let's be clear. The problem is not the worker who got a small raise & a $1,400 check 7 months ago. The problem is corporations making record-breaking profits while 700 billionaires became $2 trillion richer during the pandemic. We need an economy that works for all, not the 1%." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 29, 2021 Tweet - "One of the greatest political crises we face is voter suppression. Our job: fight back. Defend voting rights. Create a vibrant democracy." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 29, 2021 Tweet - "What if instead of helping billionaires fund their space hobby, we invested in working people here on Earth?" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 28, 2021 Tweet - "Democracy means one person, one vote. It does not mean outrageous gerrymandering maps and absurd laws to suppress to vote." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 27, 2021 Tweet - "The Republican idea of democracy is voter suppression, extreme gerrymandering, and billionaires buying elections." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 27, 2021 Tweet - "It is expensive to raise kids, and working class parents are struggling. By expanding the Child Tax Credit we have helped millions of families and are cutting childhood poverty by 45%. A great accomplishment. Yet, not one Republican will vote to extend that program. Pathetic." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 26, 2021 Tweet - "While working people struggle with high gas prices at the pump, Exxon made $6.8 billion in profits in the last quarter and Chevron made $6.1 billion. We must stop the profiteering and monopolistic behavior of the giant oil companies. American consumers deserve better." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 26, 2021 Tweet - "The American people want fair elections. They do not want extreme gerrymandering. They do not want voter suppression. Period." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 25, 2021 Tweet - "Jane and I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. In these difficult times let us continue standing together, with hope and love, to create the world of peace and justice that we all deserve. Despair is not an option." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 24, 2021 Tweet - "It's absolutely unacceptable that Louis DeJoy, a top campaign contributor of Donald Trump, is still the Postmaster General. He should have been fired a long time ago. We need new leadership who will fight to strengthen and expand the Postal Service, not undermine and sabotage it." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 24, 2021 Tweet - "The American people want to see Congress finally stand up for working families. That's exactly what we must do." Sen.Bernie Sanders
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