Vermont Town Meetings Vote to Undo Citizens United
WASHINGTON, March 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) welcomed results from town meetings today across Vermont where citizens called for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United and restore limits on corporate campaign spending. As of Tuesday evening, voters in 23 towns had passed resolutions to amend the Constitution to ensure that corporations do not have the same First Amendment
Stop Wall Street Speculators From Driving Up Gas Prices, Lawmakers Say
BURLINGTON, Vt., March 5 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 69 other members of Congress said federal regulators should curb speculation in crude oil markets which has artificially pushed up gasoline prices to nearly $4 a gallon. The lawmakers – 23 senators and 47 members of the House – said in a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Vermont Wins $3.4 Million for Head Start Education
BURLINGTON, Vt., March 5 – U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Vermont $3.4 million in funding to help support Head Start programs in Barre and Burlington. The Central Vermont Community Action Council in Barre was awarded $1.8 million. Another $1.5 million
Insurers See Growing Risks and Costs from Climate Change
WASHINGTON, March 1 – Coming off a year of record-setting $1 billion-plus natural disasters, representatives of leading insurance companies said today that costs to taxpayers and businesses from extreme weather will continue to soar because of climate change. The insurers joined Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) at a press conference to discuss the mounting financial impact of global warming. Both Vermont and Rhode Island
Dental Crisis in America
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 – A Senate panel heard today that millions of Americans do not have access to dentists and millions more cannot afford dental care. “As a nation, we don’t talk about it much but there is a dental crisis in America,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging. A new report that Sanders released at the hearing
