NEWS: Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Vermont Receives $5.M. In Federal Grants To Support Lending, Investment And Business Recovery From The COVID-19 Pandemic

(THURSDAY, June 24, 2021) — Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced on Thursday that six Vermont Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are…

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NEWS: Sanders Co-Leads Reintroduction of Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act

WASHINGTON, June 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday alongside Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Ayanna Pressley…

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NEWS: Sanders Co-Leads Senators Introducing the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act

WASHINGTON, June 16 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday joined Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in re-introducing the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act to update the long-neglected social…

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NEWS: Vermont Delegation Sends Letter Urging Biden Administration to Immediately Work with Canada to Safely Open the Northern Border

WASHINGTON – Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, and Representative Peter Welch sent a letter to the Biden administration late Monday urging him to work with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…

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