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By: Rachel Roubein; Washington Post Meet the new leaders of the Senate health panel: Bernie and Cassidy The Senate’s top health panel is entering a new era of leadership. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) are likely to take the reins, with both lawmakers announcing yesterday their intentions to pursue top spots on the Senate HELP Committee next year. Though not yet official, it’s

By: Lola Duffort; VT Digger Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is expected to take over as chair of one of the chamber’s most influential policy committees. The current chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is leaving her post to take over the powerful Senate Committee on Appropriations — a job currently

By: Fatima Khaled; Newsweek Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont called out Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos on Friday as he expressed solidarity with workers protesting worldwide against the retail giant for better working conditions. “On #BlackFriday, I stand in solidarity with Amazon workers who are on strikes & walkouts all over the world. If Amazon can afford to

By: Olafimihan Oshin; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the impact of money from billionaires on the midterms was “disgusting,” and is not getting enough attention.  In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine published Tuesday, Sanders noted how Summer Lee, a Progressive Democrat he campaigned for, faced massive spending from a super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee

By: Kara Voght; Rolling Stone “Obviously the election, on Tuesday night went a hell of a lot better than we had anticipated.” This was Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) scientific assessment of the 2022 midterms. He watched returns at home in Vermont — “I try to keep out of D.C. except when necessary,” he offers — and stayed up until four in the morning waiting for

By: Jeff Swensen; Truthout Rallying for Pennsylvania congressional candidates Summer Lee and John Fetterman in Philadelphia on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders ripped U.S. billionaires for pumping record-breaking sums of cash into the midterm elections in an effort to sway the results in their favor. “It is not just Trump and his allies who are trying to undermine American democracy,” Sanders