Delegation announces Vermont LIHEAP funding level of $19.5 million for fiscal year 2012
WASHINGTON, December 16 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – today announced that Vermont will receive $19.5 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding for FY2012. The funding level is less than the $26 million Vermont received in FY2011 but more than the $11 million proposed by President Obama. In a joint statement,
Sanders Statement on Defense Authorization Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 – The Senate today voted for a Department of Defense bill that authorizes $662 billion for the military, almost as much as last year despite the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the year. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted no and issued the following statement: “The bill continues to authorize heavy spending on defense despite the
Senate Panel Passes Sanders’ Solar Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 – The Senate energy committee today passed and sent to the full Senate a bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) to lower the cost of solar power and put the United States on track to install 10 million solar systems on homes and businesses by 2020. The committee voted 13 to 8 in favor of the bill by
Delegation announces $2 million to bolster St. Albans streetscape project
WASHINGTON, December 13 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy, Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – today announced that St. Albans has been awarded a $2,088,496 federal grant for its ongoing streetscape project. The grant, awarded by the Department of Transportation, will fund continued downtown improvements. The multi-phased project includes the comprehensive redesign of Main Street and its sidewalks; replacement of street lights, traffic signal
Five-Month Moratorium on Postal Service Cutbacks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined senators from around the country today to announce that the U.S. Postal Service voluntarily agreed to their request for a five-month moratorium until May 15 on closing postal facilities. The moratorium would give Congress more time to consider postal reform legislation, including a bill introduced by Sanders. “I am pleased that the Postal Service has announced that
