Sanders Leads Effort to Stop Dramatic Test Price Increase

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 19 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the Vermont congressional delegation on Monday asked a testing organization to lower the cost of testing students who have significant cognitive disabilities. The organization, Dynamic Learning Maps, chose to adopt a pricing structure that will shift the cost of rising prices onto small states like Vermont.ย  Without a change

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Sanders: Have Any Criminal Inquiries in Wells Fargo Case Been Filed?

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 19 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) asked the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Comptroller of the Currency Monday if the agencies made any criminal referrals to the Department of Justice following an investigation of abusive practices at Wells Fargo. โ€œYour agencies recently fined Wells Fargo $100 million, and $35 million, respectively, for

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Sanders Amendment to Water Resources Development Act Passes the Senate

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 โ€“ The Senate passed an amendment Thursday introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that would allow Vermont to apply for up to $10 million for repairs to the Waterbury Dam, which was built in the 1930s.   The amendment was included in the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, which now goes to the House of Representatives

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Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Health Care Public Option

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and 22 of their colleagues, introduced a Senate resolution Thursday calling for a public option in the health insurance market. โ€œThe Affordable Care Act has made great progress in helping millions of people get access

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Sanders Statement on Monsanto-Bayer Deal

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after Monsanto agreed to a buyout offer from Bayer in a deal that would create the worldโ€™s largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals: โ€œThe attempted takeover of Monsanto by Bayer is a threat to all Americans. These mergers boost the profits of huge corporations and leave

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Sanders Joins Day of Action Against Pacific Trade Pact

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other leading congressional critics of a proposed Pacific Rim trade deal held a Capitol Hill news conference Tuesday as a coalition of labor, environmental and religious groups launched a โ€œday of actionโ€ to urge Congress to block a vote on the job-killing trade pact. The coalition of multi-national corporations, lobbyists and

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