Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 27 – After trying repeatedly to persuade Senate Republicans to amend their budget to benefit families and seniors, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today voted against it and dismissed it as a ‘rich-get-richer’ plan. Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, raised several amendments to improve the budget but was rebuffed along partisan lines; it passed 52-46.

WASHINGTON, March 26 – Senate Republicans today turned back a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to raise the minimum wage. The amendment was one of dozens to come up for Senate votes in a once-a-year parliamentary process known, unofficially, as a “vote-a-rama.” “Since 1968, the real value of the federal minimum wage has fallen by close to 30 percent,”

WASHINGTON, March 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement on a Republican plan to increase military spending without paying for it: “Republicans have been telling us for years that because of high deficits we have to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education, nutrition and virtually every program that

WASHINGTON, March 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, called it ‘morally repugnant’ that Republicans tonight rammed through a budget plan that protects tax breaks for the rich and large corporations while cutting benefits that millions of Americans rely on. “While the rich get richer and corporate profits soar, millions of Americans are

WASHINGTON, March 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today criticized a Republican budget proposal that he said will make devastating cuts to American families, children and seniors. Below are his remark as prepared for delivery: “Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing and we look forward to the mark-up tomorrow.  Also,

WASHINGTON, March 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today backed stronger curbs on the use of dangerous chemicals in consumer products but criticized a bill in Congress that would take away from Vermont and other states the power to protect consumers with new state regulations. Under the current federal law, tens of thousands of potentially harmful chemicals have continued to