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By: Joe Gould and Alexander Ward; Politico The Vermont senator said that given the massive amounts being spent and the importance of Ukraine’s fight, now’s the time to get serious about oversight. Six Senate progressives are calling for the revival of a committee to investigate alleged war profiteering by some of America’s top defense contractors, according to a letter obtained

Bennington Banner WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Sunday released the following statement urging President Biden to invoke Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, demand Netanyahu restore humanitarian aid access to Gaza or lose U.S. military assistance to Israel: “Starvation is taking place in Gaza. Israel is prohibiting aid convoys from delivering desperately needed food and water. This is

By: Marco Margaritoff; The Huffington Post The senator said Friday that “this wholesale slaughter” of Palestinians “makes my stomach turn” and urged the U.S. to stop funding it. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) isn’t biting his tongue concerning U.S. policy toward Israel. The progressive senator has continued to support President Joe Biden on his campaign for re-election, but made an impassioned appearance Friday on “Alex Wagner

By: Lauren Irwin; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pushing harder for a cease-fire in Gaza and demands that the United States send “not another nickel” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “My view, not another nickel for Netanyahu’s government if he’s going to continue this wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people,” Sanders told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Friday. Sanders’ declaration comes just

By: Brett Wilkins; Common Dreams “Congress must put an end to this form of corporate welfare,” the senator said, arguing that one new way to do that involves reviving an old policy. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has a novel way to stop military-industrial complex profiteers from “bilking the American people”—and it’s actually over 80 years old. In an article published Tuesday in The Atlantic, Sanders

By Sarah Mearhoff; VT Digger The $95 billion package included $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel and $9 billion in humanitarian aid to Gaza, Ukraine and other war-torn regions. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Vermont’s two U.S. senators voted against a $95 billion spending package slated to dispense billions of dollars in aid to foreign allies,