Congress must listen to working families and overhaul healthcare, minimum wage and education

By: Bernie Sanders, The Guardian Americans are united on some of the most important issues facing our country and they want government to address them I am proud to be assuming the chairmanship of the US Senateโ€™s health, education, labor and pensions committee (Help), a committee with wide jurisdiction over some of the most important issues facing the American people.

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Our economic crisis isnโ€™t inflation, itโ€™s corporate greed and the GOP will only make that worse

By: Bernie Sanders, Fox News As we enter the final week of the midterm election, voters are expressing deep concern about theย state of the economy and inflation.ย They should.ย  Today, we live in an economy in which the billionaires are getting much richer while working families fall further behind. Unbelievably, while 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, we

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Sen. Sanders: Why we need to expand the Democratic majority in Congress

By: Bernie Sanders, The Hill As we enter the final weeks of the 2022 midterm elections, poll after poll shows that the most important issues facing the American people are the economy and inflation.ย This should come as no surprise. As corporate profits soar, and as billionaires become even richer, working class Americans are falling further behind.ย This, sadly, is not a

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The US has a ruling class โ€“ and Americans must stand up to it

By: Bernie Sanders, The Guardian Letโ€™s be clear. The most important economic and political issues facing this country are the extraordinary levels of income and wealth inequality, the rapidly growing concentration of ownership, the long-term decline of the American middle class and the evolution of this country into oligarchy. We know how important these issues are because our ruling class

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New Story Leadership Joint Statement

I recently had the opportunity to meet with a group of extraordinary young Palestinians and Israelis. ย They had come to Washington, DC as part of a program with an organization called New Story Leadership. They shared with me their stories and their hopes of breaking down barriers and building a shared future of peace, security, and equality in their countries.

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