05/10/2012 - End Polluter Welfare Rally

May 10, 2012 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), held a news conference today to announce legislation that would eliminate all oil, coal and gas production subsidies. The measure would do away with tax breaks, financial assistance, royalty relief, direct federal research and development and many loopholes that benefit the fossil fuel industry. Under current law, more than $113 billion in federal subsidies would go to oil, coal and gas industries in the coming decade. The bill is supported by 350.org, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Justice and Oil Change International. Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, Brent Blackwelder, president emertitis of Friends of the Earth, and Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense will join Sanders and Ellison.

05/01/2012 - "Put People First" Rally

04/28/2012 - Rally for Women's Rights

Our nation has made significant progress in the fight for gender equality, but clearly much more needs to be done. At rallies in Vermont and across the country this weekend, the message was clear: We are not going back. Read Sen. Bernie Sanders' column posted today on The Huffington Post »

04/09/2012 - Vermont Clean Energy Summit

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gov. Peter Shumlin and the Vermont Department of Public Service today hosted a Vermont Clean Energy Investment Summit.

03/29/2012 - Older Americans Act Briefing

On March 28, Sen. Sanders addressed members of the American Society on Aging and the Aging Society of America. Sanders spoke about the threats being made toward programs such as Social Security, Medicare and the need to reauthorize the Older Americans Act.

03/18/2012 - Bristol Brunch and Town Meeting

As the U.S. faces unprecedented challenges with the economy, climate change, health care and a $15 trillion national debt, how do we best move forward? Vermonters were invited to come and share their thoughts and ideas with Senator Sanders and local leaders.

03/10/2012 - Town Meeting on Dental Care

More than 200 people attended a meeting held by Sen. Sanders at Montpelier High School that focused attention on the crisis in dental care in the United States. Related video | Related story

03/02/2012 - Hearing on the Dental Crisis in America

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, held a hearing on Feb. 28 to examine the dental crisis in the United States. More than 47 million people live in places where it is difficult to access dental care. More than 130 million Americans do not have dental insurance. About 17 million low-income children do not see a dentist each year. One quarter of U.S. adults ages 65 or older have lost all of their teeth. Only 45 percent of Americans age 2 and older saw a dental provider in the past 12 months.

02/06/2012 - Sens. Sanders, Leahy and Landrieu Work to Save Postal Service

At a time when the U.S. Postal Service is considering deep cuts in services and jobs, an internal watchdog told Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday that a big funding cushion already has been built into the mail service's retirement and health benefit funds. Billions of dollars owed to the funds have been cited by Postal Service managers as a main reason that it must cut 220,000 jobs and close 3,700 post offices and 252 mail processing plants - half of all the current sorting centers.

02/04/2012 - Brunch & Meeting in Jericho

02/01/2012 - Senate Steering Committee Meets on Jobs

Sen. Sanders introduces Scott Johnstone (center), executive director of Vermont Energy Investment Corp., at a Feb. 1 forum on jobs at the U.S. Capitol.

01/24/2012 - 350.org Rally to Blow the Whistle on Oil Corruption

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 - Addressing several hundred demonstrators at a Capitol Hill rally today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for an end to tax breaks and other subsidies for the enormously-profitable oil and coal industries.

01/10/2012 - On the Road - Jan. 10, 2012

Senator Sanders visited the White River Junction VA Medical Center, the Bellows Falls Area Senior Center, and Commonwealth Dairy's new state-of-art yogurt making facility in Brattleboro, VT.

01/04/2012 - Save the Postal Service: White River Junction

Sens. Sanders, Leahy, Rep. Welch, Gov. Shumlin and hundreds of Vermonters attended a public meeting in White River Junction to address the potential closing of a mail processing station there.

12/15/2011 - InfoGraphics

These are informational graphics on a variety of issues. Please feel free to share these images giving credit to: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt)

11/17/2011 - Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

On Nov. 17th 2011 roughly 200 people packed the Senate Budget Committee room and hallway to hear Sens. Bernie Sanders, Barbara A. Mikulski, Ben Cardin and Rep. Rosa DeLauro urge the super committee to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

11/14/2011 - Honoring Veterans

Senator Sanders spoke at the annual Veterans Day ceremony sponsored at Battery Park in Burlington sponsored by the Howard Plant VFW Post 782 to honor men and women who have served Read or watch the senator's Veterans Day remarks

11/06/2011 - Save the Postal Service

More than 300 people jammed Sen. Bernie Sanders' town meeting at Montpelier High School on Sunday about how to save the U.S. Postal Service.

11/04/2011 - Camels Hump Middle School Solar Project

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders helped mark the opening of a solar energy project at the Camels Hump Middle School, one of the greenest public schools in Vermont. Read more »

10/27/2011 - Talking with University of Vermont students