Sanders a demรณcratas del Senado: ยฟEstamos con Puerto Rico o con Wall Street y el Tea Party?

WASHINGTON, 23 de mayo โ€“ El Senador Bernie Sanders urgiรณ a sus colegas demรณcratas del Senado a que rechacen un proyecto de ley presentado la semana pasada en la Cรกmara de Representantes que establecerรญa una junta de control para monitorear la crisis financiera de Puerto Rico. โ€œTenemos que tomar una decisiรณn importante,โ€ Sanders escribiรณ en una carta a los demรณcratas

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Sanders to Senate Democrats: Do We Stand With Puerto Rico or Wall Street and the Tea Party?

WASHINGTON, May 23 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders called on his Democratic colleagues in the Senate to oppose legislation introduced in the House of Representatives last week that would establish a control board to oversee Puerto Ricoโ€™s financial crisis. โ€œWe have an important choice to make,โ€ Sanders wrote in a letter to Senate Democrats, โ€œdo we stand with the working people

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Sanders Statement on Toxic Substances Control Act

WASHINGTON, May 20 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement after the final text of the Toxic Substances Control Act was released: “The need for chemical safety reform has been set aside for far too long. While this legislation allows Vermont to continue enforcing existing state regulations to keep adults and children safe from toxic chemicals such as PFOA,

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Sanders Statement in Opposition to Legislation to Establish A Control Board in Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON, May 19 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after House Republicans unveiled legislation to address Puerto Ricoโ€™s financial crisis: โ€œThe legislation that was announced today to establish an unelected control board in Puerto Rico is a move in exactly the wrong direction. โ€œThis undemocratic board would have the power to slash pensions, cut education and health care,

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Senate Adopts Brown-Toomey-Murray-Sanders-Casey-Coons Amendment to Address Shortage of Beds, Staffing for Severely Disabled Veterans

WASHINGTON, May 19 โ€“ A bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to ensure that severely disabled veterans receive quality care from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) passed today as an amendment to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development/Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations package being considered in the Senate this week. The amendment

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Sanders and Democratic Senators Call for President Obama to Fulfill Commitment to Resettle Syrian Refugees

WASHINGTON, May 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders joined Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and a group of 26 seantors today in calling on the President to fulfill the Administrationโ€™s commitment to resettle at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States this fiscal year. He recently reiterated this commitment, but so far in the first seven months of

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