Sanders Responds to Trump’s Lies on Medicare for All

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after President Donald Trump wrote an op-ed in USA Today which contains numerous lies about Medicare for All and his record as president: “Donald Trump led the effort to throw 32 million Americans off of the health care they have in order to pay for massive tax

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Sanders Statement on Kavanaugh Cloture Vote

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Friday after the Senate voted 51-49 to advance Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court: “I voted against proceeding on Judge Kavanaughโ€™s confirmation for a number of reasons. “First, I have no doubt that Kavanaugh will become a part of the hard-right majority on the Supreme Court

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Sanders, Sherman Introduce Legislation to Break Up Too Big to Fail Financial Institutions

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 โ€“ On the 10th anniversary of the Wall Street bailout, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation to break up the nationโ€™s biggest banks and risky financial institutions in order to safeguard the economy and prevent another costly taxpayer bailout. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) will introduce a companion bill in the House. Today the six largest banks in

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Sanders Statement on Amazon $15 Minimum Wage

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Tuesday after Amazon said it would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour for all of its United States workers: “It is no secret that I have been a harsh critic of the wage and employment practices of Amazon and its owner Jeff Bezos. It has been my view

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Sanders Demands FBI Investigate Whether Kavanaugh Lied to Congress

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 29 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent the followingย letterย Saturday to Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) demanding that the reopened FBI investigation into Judge Brett Kavanaugh examineย the veracity of the judge’s testimony before the committee, in addition toย accusations made by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick. “A fundamental question the FBI can

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