Sanders Announces State of the Union Essay Contest

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 9 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) launched his ninth annual State of the Union essay contest on Friday. Each January, the president of the United States delivers a โ€œState of the Unionโ€ speech to a joint session of Congress, in which he outlines his priorities for the coming year. And each year, Sanders invites Vermont high

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Sanders Statement on Jeff Sessions

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 7 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after President Donald Trump forced out Jeff Sessions as attorney general: โ€œPresident Trump must allow Special Counsel Robert Muellerโ€™s investigation to continue unimpeded. Any attempt by the president or the Justice Department to interfere with Muellerโ€™s probe would be obstruction of justice and an impeachable

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Trumpโ€™s Top Economic Adviser Says โ€˜Federal Minimum Wage Is a Terrible Ideaโ€™

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 1 โ€“ In an interview with The Washington Post on Thursday, Donald Trumpโ€™s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said, โ€œMy view is a federal minimum wage is a terrible idea. A terrible ideaโ€ฆ. And I would argue against state and local but that’s up to the states and localities.โ€ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) responded to Kudlowโ€™s

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Warren, Sanders Criticize Amazon’s Distribution of Anti-Union Video at Whole Foods

Washington, DC –ย United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to Jeff Bezos, the Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, to request information about the distribution of anti-union materials that potentially encourage illegal interference with thousands of workers’ rights at Whole Foods, Amazon’s recently acquired subsidiary. The letter follows a recent report from Gizmodo about a

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Sanders to Bring Back War Powers Resolution to End Unauthorized U.S. Military Involvement in Yemen

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 15 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Monday:  “The recent disappearance and likely assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi only underscores how urgent it has become for the United States to redefine our relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “Since 2015, the Saudi-led war in Yemen has become the world’s largest humanitarian

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