Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. Sanders ran to become the Democratic Party presidential nominee in both 2016 and 2020 and remains the longest-serving independent member of Congress in American history. Elected Mayor of Burlington, Vermont in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermont's at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York. Read more at his website. Follow him on Twitter: @SenSanders and @BernieSanders
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Views Wednesday, January 20, 2021 We Must Act With Unprecedented Boldness to Meet These Historical Crises The headlines dominating the news understandably deal with the outrageous behavior of President Donald Trump and the attempted coup he inspired at our nation's Capitol. Yes, it was important for the House of Representatives to impeach Trump. Yes, the Senate must convict him. No president, now or in... Read more |
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Views Saturday, September 05, 2020 Trump's Attacks on Election Integrity Is a Threat to Everything This Country Stands For Note: The following came in the form of a letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) emailed to supporters on Friday, September 4, 2020 warning against President Donald Trump not accepting, or misinforming the American people about, the 2020 election results in November. Donald Trump is a pathological... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, August 04, 2020 The Science Is Clear: Our 'Masks for All' Plan Will Save Lives It is an absolute tragedy, and embarrassing, that the United States is practically the only major country where the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening by the day. Coronavirus has killed 150,000 Americans . States like California, Texas and Florida are registering their highest daily death tolls ever... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Here’s How to Cover Uninsured Americans During the Pandemic As the coronavirus continues to spread, and the United States climbs closer to 1 million cases and nearly 60,000 deaths, we face an unprecedented economic and health care crisis that demands an unprecedented response. While we work toward an economic solution that keeps people on the payroll,... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, April 08, 2020 We Cannot Rely on Trump. Congress Must Lead the Way in This Unprecedented Crisis In this unprecedented moment in American history, we need an unprecedented legislative response. President Trump is incapable of providing leadership, and instead continues to mislead the public and act out of political self-interest. So it is Congress that must lead, and it must do so now. With... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, February 06, 2019 Let Us Fight Together for Economic, Social, Racial and Environmental Justice, Not Unbridled Greed The following is the response, as prepared for delivery, to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address delivered on Tuesday February 5, 2019. Let me thank all of you for joining me tonight for a brief response to President Trump’s State of the Union address. And let me thank Stacey Abrams... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, January 01, 2019 A Bold, Progressive Agenda for a Happier and Healthier New Year The following is a New Year's Day email message sent to supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on January 1, 2019. Dear friends, Jane and I want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very healthy and happy new year. It goes without saying that 2019 will be a pivotal and momentous time... Read more |
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Views Friday, November 23, 2018 America's Wealthiest Family Owns Walmart. They Can Afford to Pay Workers $15 an Hour. The major economic crisis facing this country is that at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, tens of millions of Americans are working for wages that are so low that they are barely surviving . All over this country, people are forced to work two or three jobs to support their families... Read more |
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Views Thursday, October 11, 2018 Trump Lies About 'Medicare for All' and He's Made Health Care Worse The American people have a very clear choice in the upcoming elections. On one side is Donald Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress, who made throwing 32 million Americans off of health insurance their number one priority in Washington. On the other side is my "Medicare for All" plan... Read more |
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Views Thursday, September 13, 2018 A New Authoritarian Axis Demands an International Progressive Front T here is a global struggle taking place of enormous consequence. Nothing less than the future of the planet – economically, socially and environmentally – is at stake. At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, when the world’s top 1% now owns more wealth than the bottom 99%, we are seeing... Read more |