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Nov. 13, 2024
NEWS: Sanders Announces Vote Next Week to Block Arms Sales to Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 25, 2024
NEWS: Sanders and Colleagues Move to Block Arms Sales to Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 18, 2024
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Delivers Speech on his Intent to File Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to Block $20 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 7, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D- VT) Talks About Frustration On Humanitarian Aid In Gaza
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2024
Sanders Urges Colleagues to Vote "NO" on Sending $14 Billion to Fund Netanyahu's Horrific War
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 7, 2024
Sanders, "I will vote NO on any bill containing offensive military aid to Netanyahu"
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2024
Sanders and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Combat Corporate Greed and End Outrageous CEO Pay
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2024
Sanders and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Combat Corporate Greed and End Outrageous CEO Pay
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 20, 2024
Sanders Statement on Netanyahu's Recent Comments Rejecting Two-State Solution
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 16, 2024
Sanders to Force Unprecedented Vote Tonight to Address Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 10, 2024
Sanders on the Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza and His Intention to Bring 502B(c) Resolution to the Floor Next Week
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 2, 2024
Senator Bernie Sanders Calls For NO MORE U.S. Funding For Netanyahu's Illegal and Immoral War Against the Palestinian People
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 15, 2023
Sanders Introduces Resolution to Investigate Israel's Indiscriminate Bombing Campaign in Gaza
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2023
Sanders Sends Dear Colleague Letter Expressing Serious Concerns Over $110.5 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Ahead of Wednesday Vote
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 15, 2023
Chairman Sanders Delivers Senate Floor Speech in Defense of Student Debt Relief
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 17, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Horrific Violence in Israel and Gaza
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 17, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Horrific Violence in Israel and Gaza
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 31, 2023
NEWS: Sanders to Vote "No' on Debt Ceiling Deal
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 25, 2023
NEWS: Sanders, Braun, Grassley, Warren, Wyden Send Letter to Secretary of Defense Urging Investigation of Price Gouging by U.S. Defense Contractors
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 18, 2023
NEWS: As Republicans Demand Major Cuts to Hurt Working Americans, 11 Senate Democrats Urge President Biden to Prepare to Invoke the 14th Amendment to Avoid Default
Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 30, 2023
State of the Union: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 16, 2023
Senator Baldwin Calls on HHS to Release Remaining $1.5 Billion in LIHEAP Funding to Help Wisconsin Families Afford Energy Bills
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 13, 2023
NEWS: Amid Republican Threats to Social Security, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky, Hoyle, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Increase Benefits and Extend Solvency Through 2096
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 31, 2022
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - More Than 30 House Democrats Urge Leadership to Undo Threat Posed by Debt Ceiling
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 27, 2022
Tweet - "The 158-member House Republican Study Committee released a budget this year to: -Cut Social Security by $729 billion -Cut Medicare by $2.8 trillion -Give a tax break of up to $1.75 trillion to billionaires This is not how you improve the economy. This is how you make it worse."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 6, 2022
Letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Budget and Management - Senator Baldwin Leads 117 Members of Congress in Asking the Biden Administration to Request Budget Funding that Adequately Reflects the President's Priority to Advance LGBTQI+ Rights Around the World
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Letter to President Joseph R. Biden - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues in Urging President Biden to Fill Leadership Posts at Social Security Administration
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 27, 2022
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Removal of Big Oil's Side Deal from Government Funding Legislation
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 21, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Senator Markey Leads Call to Cease U.s. Security Assistance to Azerbaijan as Cross-border Clashes Continue
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 24, 2022
Leahy, Sanders, Welch And Scott Announce $5.8 Million In Northern Border Regional Commission Grants For 14 Vermont Communities
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 23, 2022
Tweet - "The average amount of debt forgiveness to businesses receiving PPP loans: $95,700. If we could afford to cancel hundreds of billions in PPP loans to business owners in their time of need, please do not tell me we can't afford to cancel all student debt for 45 million Americans."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 22, 2022
Tweet - "More corporate greed. While the cost of healthcare is soaring & over 70 million are uninsured or under-insured, 7 health insurance companies made $43.8 billion in profits in the first half of 2022 while spending over $12 billion on stock buybacks. Yes. We need Medicare for All."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 14, 2022
Tweet - "For 87 years, through good times and bad, Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American on time & without delay. That's a h-u-g-e record of accomplishment. On this, the 87th anniversary of Social Security, our job is to expand Social Security, not cut it."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 10, 2022
Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 2, 2022
Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Schakowsky, Lee, Blumenthal, and Booker Lead Colleagues in Pressing Federal Agencies to Reinforce Helms Amendment Exceptions to Countries and Organizations That Receive U.S. Foreign Assistance
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 27, 2022
Tweet - "LIVE: My colleagues often say they're concerned about the deficit. Well, if they're really concerned, let us not give a $76 billion blank check to the highly profitable microchip industry with no protections at all for the American taxpayer."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 26, 2022
Tweet - "When it comes to giving blank checks to profitable microchip companies, some of my colleagues think we should just "join the club" and do what other countries are doing. Well, there are a few other clubs I think we should join instead."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022
NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 15, 2022
Tweet - "Today, someone who makes $147,000 a year pays the same amount of Social Security taxes as a millionaire or billionaire. Does that make sense to you?"
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2022
NEWS: Sanders, Warren, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Social Security by $2,400 a Year and Extend Solvency for 75 Years
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 9, 2022
Tweet - "LIVE: At a time when half of older Americans have no retirement savings and millions of senior citizens are living in poverty, our job is to expand Social Security by demanding the wealthy pay their fair share."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 3, 2022
Tweet - "1 in 7 older Americans rely on Social Security for more than 90% of their income. Maybe, just maybe, instead of cutting Social Security, we should expand it."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 3, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Saving and Expanding Social Security
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 2, 2022
Tweet - "The time for endless talk is over. We must vote on Build Back Better THIS MONTH. Let those who are opposed explain why. The vast majority in our caucus deserve a chance to show they can stand up to powerful special interests and represent working families. We must vote NOW."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 26, 2022
Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, and Ranking Member Inhofe - Closure of Guantanamo Bay Through NDAA
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 13, 2022
Tweet - "The United States has the most dysfunctional, inefficient, bureaucratic and expensive health care system in the world. It's time for Medicare for All."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 12, 2022
NEWS: Sanders Introduces Medicare for All with 14 Colleagues in the Senate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 12, 2022
PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Opening Statement at Hearing on Medicare for All
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 10, 2022
Letter to Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Padilla, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Advocating for Funding for DOJ's Newly Established Office of Environmental Justice
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 5, 2022
Letter to Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee - Wyden, Bennet, Colleagues Urge Full Funding of Unemployment Insurance Administration
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Date
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Politician
Nov. 13, 2024
NEWS: Sanders Announces Vote Next Week to Block Arms Sales to Israel
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 25, 2024
NEWS: Sanders and Colleagues Move to Block Arms Sales to Israel
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 18, 2024
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Delivers Speech on his Intent to File Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to Block $20 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 7, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D- VT) Talks About Frustration On Humanitarian Aid In Gaza
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2024
Sanders Urges Colleagues to Vote "NO" on Sending $14 Billion to Fund Netanyahu's Horrific War
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 7, 2024
Sanders, "I will vote NO on any bill containing offensive military aid to Netanyahu"
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2024
Sanders and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Combat Corporate Greed and End Outrageous CEO Pay
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2024
Sanders and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Combat Corporate Greed and End Outrageous CEO Pay
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 20, 2024
Sanders Statement on Netanyahu's Recent Comments Rejecting Two-State Solution
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 16, 2024
Sanders to Force Unprecedented Vote Tonight to Address Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 10, 2024
Sanders on the Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza and His Intention to Bring 502B(c) Resolution to the Floor Next Week
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 2, 2024
Senator Bernie Sanders Calls For NO MORE U.S. Funding For Netanyahu's Illegal and Immoral War Against the Palestinian People
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 15, 2023
Sanders Introduces Resolution to Investigate Israel's Indiscriminate Bombing Campaign in Gaza
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2023
Sanders Sends Dear Colleague Letter Expressing Serious Concerns Over $110.5 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Ahead of Wednesday Vote
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 15, 2023
Chairman Sanders Delivers Senate Floor Speech in Defense of Student Debt Relief
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 17, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Horrific Violence in Israel and Gaza
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 17, 2023
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Horrific Violence in Israel and Gaza
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 31, 2023
NEWS: Sanders to Vote "No' on Debt Ceiling Deal
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 25, 2023
NEWS: Sanders, Braun, Grassley, Warren, Wyden Send Letter to Secretary of Defense Urging Investigation of Price Gouging by U.S. Defense Contractors
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 18, 2023
NEWS: As Republicans Demand Major Cuts to Hurt Working Americans, 11 Senate Democrats Urge President Biden to Prepare to Invoke the 14th Amendment to Avoid Default
Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 30, 2023
State of the Union: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 16, 2023
Senator Baldwin Calls on HHS to Release Remaining $1.5 Billion in LIHEAP Funding to Help Wisconsin Families Afford Energy Bills
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 13, 2023
NEWS: Amid Republican Threats to Social Security, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky, Hoyle, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Increase Benefits and Extend Solvency Through 2096
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 31, 2022
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - More Than 30 House Democrats Urge Leadership to Undo Threat Posed by Debt Ceiling
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 27, 2022
Tweet - "The 158-member House Republican Study Committee released a budget this year to: -Cut Social Security by $729 billion -Cut Medicare by $2.8 trillion -Give a tax break of up to $1.75 trillion to billionaires This is not how you improve the economy. This is how you make it worse."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 6, 2022
Letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Budget and Management - Senator Baldwin Leads 117 Members of Congress in Asking the Biden Administration to Request Budget Funding that Adequately Reflects the President's Priority to Advance LGBTQI+ Rights Around the World
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Letter to President Joseph R. Biden - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues in Urging President Biden to Fill Leadership Posts at Social Security Administration
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 27, 2022
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Removal of Big Oil's Side Deal from Government Funding Legislation
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 21, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Senator Markey Leads Call to Cease U.s. Security Assistance to Azerbaijan as Cross-border Clashes Continue
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 24, 2022
Leahy, Sanders, Welch And Scott Announce $5.8 Million In Northern Border Regional Commission Grants For 14 Vermont Communities
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 23, 2022
Tweet - "The average amount of debt forgiveness to businesses receiving PPP loans: $95,700. If we could afford to cancel hundreds of billions in PPP loans to business owners in their time of need, please do not tell me we can't afford to cancel all student debt for 45 million Americans."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 22, 2022
Tweet - "More corporate greed. While the cost of healthcare is soaring & over 70 million are uninsured or under-insured, 7 health insurance companies made $43.8 billion in profits in the first half of 2022 while spending over $12 billion on stock buybacks. Yes. We need Medicare for All."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 14, 2022
Tweet - "For 87 years, through good times and bad, Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American on time & without delay. That's a h-u-g-e record of accomplishment. On this, the 87th anniversary of Social Security, our job is to expand Social Security, not cut it."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 10, 2022
Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 2, 2022
Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Schakowsky, Lee, Blumenthal, and Booker Lead Colleagues in Pressing Federal Agencies to Reinforce Helms Amendment Exceptions to Countries and Organizations That Receive U.S. Foreign Assistance
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 27, 2022
Tweet - "LIVE: My colleagues often say they're concerned about the deficit. Well, if they're really concerned, let us not give a $76 billion blank check to the highly profitable microchip industry with no protections at all for the American taxpayer."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 26, 2022
Tweet - "When it comes to giving blank checks to profitable microchip companies, some of my colleagues think we should just "join the club" and do what other countries are doing. Well, there are a few other clubs I think we should join instead."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022
NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 15, 2022
Tweet - "Today, someone who makes $147,000 a year pays the same amount of Social Security taxes as a millionaire or billionaire. Does that make sense to you?"
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2022
NEWS: Sanders, Warren, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Social Security by $2,400 a Year and Extend Solvency for 75 Years
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 9, 2022
Tweet - "LIVE: At a time when half of older Americans have no retirement savings and millions of senior citizens are living in poverty, our job is to expand Social Security by demanding the wealthy pay their fair share."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 3, 2022
Tweet - "1 in 7 older Americans rely on Social Security for more than 90% of their income. Maybe, just maybe, instead of cutting Social Security, we should expand it."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 3, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Saving and Expanding Social Security
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 2, 2022
Tweet - "The time for endless talk is over. We must vote on Build Back Better THIS MONTH. Let those who are opposed explain why. The vast majority in our caucus deserve a chance to show they can stand up to powerful special interests and represent working families. We must vote NOW."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 26, 2022
Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, and Ranking Member Inhofe - Closure of Guantanamo Bay Through NDAA
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 13, 2022
Tweet - "The United States has the most dysfunctional, inefficient, bureaucratic and expensive health care system in the world. It's time for Medicare for All."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 12, 2022
NEWS: Sanders Introduces Medicare for All with 14 Colleagues in the Senate
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 12, 2022
PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Opening Statement at Hearing on Medicare for All
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 10, 2022
Letter to Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Padilla, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Advocating for Funding for DOJ's Newly Established Office of Environmental Justice
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 5, 2022
Letter to Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee - Wyden, Bennet, Colleagues Urge Full Funding of Unemployment Insurance Administration
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
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