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By: Eloise Goldsmith; Common Dreams “Congress is moving quickly to pass the GENIUS Act, which may make a bad situation much worse,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. As the Republican Senate majority leader plows ahead with a plan to hold a vote on a cryptocurrency bill, Sen. Bernie Sanders is planning a Wednesday conversation with industry experts regarding the

By: Michael Cusanelli; NBC5 News WASHINGTON — Vermont Rep. Becca Balint is showing her support for a detained Upper Valley man and Palestinian activist by holding a rally in Washington, D.C., to call for his release. Balint was joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders and other Democratic lawmakers outside the U.S. Department of State to demand answers about Mahdawi’s arrest. Mahdawi was

By: Eloise Goldsmith; Common Dreams “The goal of the current administration and their billionaire buddies is to pile on endless cuts,” said one nurse and union leader. “Even on our hardest days, we won’t stop fighting for Medicare for All.” On Tuesday, Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Debbie Dingell of Michigan reintroduced

By: WCAX News Team; WCAX WASHINGTON (WCAX) – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is fighting to raise wages for 22 million of the nation’s lowest-paid workers. The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour hasn’t gone up in 15 years. Sanders and more than 100 members of Congress want to raise it to $17 an hour by 2030. Studies show one in

By: Eloise Goldsmith; Common Dreams Independent groups spending on most expensive judicial race in U.S. history favor the right-wing Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. On the eve of what the nonpartisan law group the Brennan Center for Justice has deemed the most expensive judicial race in American history, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is calling

By: Julia Conley; Common Dreams “Our nation’s public schools, colleges, and universities are preparing the next generation of America’s leaders—we must take steps to strengthen education in this country, not take a wrecking ball to the agency that exists to do so.” In a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders led more than three dozen