Senate Takes Up Postal Service Reforms: Sanders’ Provisions to be Added to Bill
WASHINGTON, April 17 – The Senate today voted 74-22 to take up legislation to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led a group of more than two dozen senators who pressed to make the bill stronger. “Today’s vote clears the first of many hurdles that we face in our effort to save rural post offices, mail processing plants and the jobs of
Vermont Senate Votes on Citizens United
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 12 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) welcomed today’s Vermont Senate passage of a resolution calling on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to undo a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that threw out a ban on corporate campaign spending. “I congratulate the Vermont Senate for this important vote. Citizens United was one of the worst decisions ever handed down by the Supreme Court.
Sanders Hosts Clean Energy Investment Summit
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 9 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Gov. Peter Shumlin and the Vermont Department of Public Service today hosted a Vermont Clean Energy Investment Summit. The goal of the conference was to determine how the state could become a model for the nation in moving more aggressively toward energy efficiency and developing sustainable sources of clean energy. “Moving forward aggressive in energy efficiency and
Sen. Sanders’ Remarks at the Vermont Clean Energy Summit
Vermont Clean Energy Investment Summit I want to thank Governor Shumlin and Commissioner Liz Miller for working with my office to make this event possible. I am very pleased that we are joined by Major General Michael Dubie of the Vermont National Guard. And I am especially grateful that Richard Kauffman, Senior Advisor to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, has come up from Washington to
Senator Sanders Recognized for Commitment to Educational Opportunities
STOWE, Vt., April 4 – The New England Educational Opportunity Association today awarded Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) the Claiborne Pell Award, its top honor, to recognize his commitment to providing greater educational opportunities for people from low- and middle-income backgrounds. The Claiborne Pell Award was established to recognize “those rare individuals whose pioneering leadership and vision have made an indelible mark on the struggle for equal educational
