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April 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Department of Treasury - Harris Leads Colleagues in Push to Halt Debt Collectors from Seizing COVID-19 Stimulus Checks
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 16, 2020
Eshoo, Raskin, Shalala, Jeffries, and Welch introduce comprehensive plan to reopen America
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 16, 2020
Eshoo, Raskin, Shalala, Welch statement on President Trump's guidelines for reopening America
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 10, 2020
PBS "News Hour" - Transcript: Bernie Sanders on pandemic health coverage and supporting Joe Biden
Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 10, 2020
Letter to the Hon, Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Feinstein, Wyden, Colleagues Call on SBA to Issue Economic Emergency Loans and Grants to Small Businesses ASAP
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 9, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader of the United States Congress - As Low-Income Communities Struggle, Harris Pushes for Recurring Monthly Payments
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 9, 2020
Letter to Joseph Otting, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Jelena McWilliams, Chairman of the FDIC - U.S. Senator Tina Smith to Financial Regulators: Follow the Law, Stop Attempts to Weaken the Community Reinvestment Act
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 3, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Defazio Leads More than 120 Lawmakers in Urging Trump Administration to Automatically Send Relief Payments to Vulnerable Seniors, Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 3, 2020
Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Saul, Social Security Administrator, and Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Baldwin, Colleagues Call on Administration to Ensure Veterans, SSI Beneficiaries Get Stimulus Checks Automatically
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 2, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Dept. of Labor - Raskin pushes economic relief for Peace Corps, Americorps volunteers
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 2, 2020
Letter to Dr. Josephine Olsen, Dir. of the Peace Corps, Barbara Stewart, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Hon. Peter Gaynor, Admin. of the Federal Emergency Management Agency - Raskin pushes economic relief for Peace Corps, Americorps volunteers
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 1, 2020
Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Baldwin, Senate Colleagues Call for Social Security Recipients to Get Cares Act Direct Cash Assistance without having to File Tax Return
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 25, 2020
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 25, 2020
Reacting to Republican Threats to Hold Coronavirus Package Hostage, Sanders Prepared to Place Hold Over Corporate Welfare
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 20, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Chairs DeFazio, Doggett to Corporations: Put Workers First in Economic Recovery
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 18, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Richard Neal, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Kevin Brady, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Reps. Titus, Bilirakis Lead Colleagues in Urging House Leadership to Protect Travel and Tourism Jobs in Recovery Package
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 15, 2020
CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate March
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 11, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump - Senate Democrats Call for Coronavirus Economic Response Focused on Helping Workers and Families Most Harmed
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 8, 2020
NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 2, 2020
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 13, 2020
PBS "NewsHour" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 12, 2020
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 10, 2020
Sanders Calls on Congress to Reject Trump's Budget "Of, By, and For the 1 Percent"
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2020
CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2020
NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 18, 2019
Achieving the American Dream is Harder for Millennials, GAO Finds
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 20, 2019
NBC November Democratic Party Presidential Debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 20, 2019
Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator - Tonko, Kuster, Pallone lead 220+ Members Calling on EPA to Negotiate in Good Faith
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 31, 2019
Cardin Leads Bipartisan Senate Resolution Urging President Trump to Keep the United States in the Paris Climate Agreement
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Raskin Urges President Trump to Prioritize Climate in Renegotiated NAFTA
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 12, 2019
ABC Democratic Party Presidential Debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 23, 2019
Letter to Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Van Hollen, Cardin Lead Full Democratic Caucus in Urging Social Security Administrator to Respect Employees and Their Unions
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Sanders Statement on House Passage of $15 Minimum Wage
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2019
Pocan Leads Members of Congress in Unveiling Bold Legislation to Fundamentally Reform the Private Equity Industry
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2019
Sanders Statement on House Passage of $15 Minimum Wage
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 12, 2019
Tweet - "During the Wall Street crash an estimated 15 million families lost their homes. Lloyd Blankfein didn't lose his home or his job. His bank got an $824 billion taxpayer bailout and Blankfein became a billionaire."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 10, 2019
Tweet - "Joe Biden recently said, "I don't think 500 billionaires are the reason why we're in trouble." I respectfully disagree. Any candidate who claims to believe black lives matter must take on the institutions that have continually exploited black lives."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 1, 2019
Brown, Senate Democrats Press OSHA, McDonald's Leadership to Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2019
Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 14, 2019
Van Hollen Cosponsors Reparations Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 12, 2019
Tweet - "In 1944, FDR proposed an economic bill of rights but died a year later and was never able to fulfill that vision. Our job, 75 years later, is to complete what Roosevelt started. That is why today, I am proposing a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights. #DemocraticSocialism."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 12, 2019
Tweet - "We must guarantee every man, woman and child in our country basic economic rights: -Quality health care -A good education -A good job that pays a living wage -Affordable housing -A secure retirement -A clean environment."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 12, 2019
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 12, 2019
Brown Bill Would Make Millions of Americans Newly Eligible for Overtime Pay
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 12, 2019
Tweet - "At the end of the day, the 1 percent may have enormous wealth and power, but they are just the 1 percent. When the 99 percent stand together, we can transform society. These are my values, and that is why I call myself a democratic socialist. #DemocraticSocialism"
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2019
CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 6, 2019
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Sanders Calls on McConnell to put $15 Minimum Wage Bill on the Senate Floor
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 28, 2019
Legislative Package Introduced to Encourage Employee-Owned Companies
Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 26, 2019
Letter to Andrew Wheeler, EPA Administrator - Senators to EPA: Change Course and Extend Methylene Chloride Protections to Workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 2, 2019
Letter to Lamar Alexander, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Appropriations, Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member, Marcy Kaptur, Chair of the House Subcommittee on Appropriations, and Mike Simpson, Ranking Member - Kuster, Stefanik Lead Bipartisan Call for Northern Border Regional Commission Funding in Energy & Water Appropriations Bill
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Date
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Politician
April 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Department of Treasury - Harris Leads Colleagues in Push to Halt Debt Collectors from Seizing COVID-19 Stimulus Checks
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 16, 2020
Eshoo, Raskin, Shalala, Jeffries, and Welch introduce comprehensive plan to reopen America
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 16, 2020
Eshoo, Raskin, Shalala, Welch statement on President Trump's guidelines for reopening America
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 10, 2020
PBS "News Hour" - Transcript: Bernie Sanders on pandemic health coverage and supporting Joe Biden
Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 10, 2020
Letter to the Hon, Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Feinstein, Wyden, Colleagues Call on SBA to Issue Economic Emergency Loans and Grants to Small Businesses ASAP
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 9, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader of the United States Congress - As Low-Income Communities Struggle, Harris Pushes for Recurring Monthly Payments
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 9, 2020
Letter to Joseph Otting, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Jelena McWilliams, Chairman of the FDIC - U.S. Senator Tina Smith to Financial Regulators: Follow the Law, Stop Attempts to Weaken the Community Reinvestment Act
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 3, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Defazio Leads More than 120 Lawmakers in Urging Trump Administration to Automatically Send Relief Payments to Vulnerable Seniors, Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 3, 2020
Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Saul, Social Security Administrator, and Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Baldwin, Colleagues Call on Administration to Ensure Veterans, SSI Beneficiaries Get Stimulus Checks Automatically
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 2, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Dept. of Labor - Raskin pushes economic relief for Peace Corps, Americorps volunteers
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 2, 2020
Letter to Dr. Josephine Olsen, Dir. of the Peace Corps, Barbara Stewart, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Hon. Peter Gaynor, Admin. of the Federal Emergency Management Agency - Raskin pushes economic relief for Peace Corps, Americorps volunteers
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 1, 2020
Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Baldwin, Senate Colleagues Call for Social Security Recipients to Get Cares Act Direct Cash Assistance without having to File Tax Return
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 25, 2020
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 25, 2020
Reacting to Republican Threats to Hold Coronavirus Package Hostage, Sanders Prepared to Place Hold Over Corporate Welfare
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 20, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Chairs DeFazio, Doggett to Corporations: Put Workers First in Economic Recovery
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 18, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Richard Neal, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Kevin Brady, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Reps. Titus, Bilirakis Lead Colleagues in Urging House Leadership to Protect Travel and Tourism Jobs in Recovery Package
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 15, 2020
CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate March
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 11, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump - Senate Democrats Call for Coronavirus Economic Response Focused on Helping Workers and Families Most Harmed
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 8, 2020
NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 2, 2020
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 13, 2020
PBS "NewsHour" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 12, 2020
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 10, 2020
Sanders Calls on Congress to Reject Trump's Budget "Of, By, and For the 1 Percent"
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2020
CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2020
NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 18, 2019
Achieving the American Dream is Harder for Millennials, GAO Finds
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 20, 2019
NBC November Democratic Party Presidential Debate
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 20, 2019
Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator - Tonko, Kuster, Pallone lead 220+ Members Calling on EPA to Negotiate in Good Faith
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 31, 2019
Cardin Leads Bipartisan Senate Resolution Urging President Trump to Keep the United States in the Paris Climate Agreement
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Raskin Urges President Trump to Prioritize Climate in Renegotiated NAFTA
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 12, 2019
ABC Democratic Party Presidential Debate
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 23, 2019
Letter to Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Van Hollen, Cardin Lead Full Democratic Caucus in Urging Social Security Administrator to Respect Employees and Their Unions
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Sanders Statement on House Passage of $15 Minimum Wage
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2019
Pocan Leads Members of Congress in Unveiling Bold Legislation to Fundamentally Reform the Private Equity Industry
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2019
Sanders Statement on House Passage of $15 Minimum Wage
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 12, 2019
Tweet - "During the Wall Street crash an estimated 15 million families lost their homes. Lloyd Blankfein didn't lose his home or his job. His bank got an $824 billion taxpayer bailout and Blankfein became a billionaire."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 10, 2019
Tweet - "Joe Biden recently said, "I don't think 500 billionaires are the reason why we're in trouble." I respectfully disagree. Any candidate who claims to believe black lives matter must take on the institutions that have continually exploited black lives."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 1, 2019
Brown, Senate Democrats Press OSHA, McDonald's Leadership to Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2019
Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 14, 2019
Van Hollen Cosponsors Reparations Bill
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 12, 2019
Tweet - "In 1944, FDR proposed an economic bill of rights but died a year later and was never able to fulfill that vision. Our job, 75 years later, is to complete what Roosevelt started. That is why today, I am proposing a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights. #DemocraticSocialism."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 12, 2019
Tweet - "We must guarantee every man, woman and child in our country basic economic rights: -Quality health care -A good education -A good job that pays a living wage -Affordable housing -A secure retirement -A clean environment."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 12, 2019
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 12, 2019
Brown Bill Would Make Millions of Americans Newly Eligible for Overtime Pay
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 12, 2019
Tweet - "At the end of the day, the 1 percent may have enormous wealth and power, but they are just the 1 percent. When the 99 percent stand together, we can transform society. These are my values, and that is why I call myself a democratic socialist. #DemocraticSocialism"
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2019
CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 6, 2019
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Sanders Calls on McConnell to put $15 Minimum Wage Bill on the Senate Floor
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 28, 2019
Legislative Package Introduced to Encourage Employee-Owned Companies
Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 26, 2019
Letter to Andrew Wheeler, EPA Administrator - Senators to EPA: Change Course and Extend Methylene Chloride Protections to Workers
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 2, 2019
Letter to Lamar Alexander, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Appropriations, Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member, Marcy Kaptur, Chair of the House Subcommittee on Appropriations, and Mike Simpson, Ranking Member - Kuster, Stefanik Lead Bipartisan Call for Northern Border Regional Commission Funding in Energy & Water Appropriations Bill
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
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