Sanders Statement on Low-Wage Rallies

WASHINGTON, April 15 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement as low-wage workers around the country rally in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. โ€œI want to applaud the workers who are organizing today in the fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The truth is that by putting more money

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Sanders Statement on Cuba

WASHINGTON, April 14 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the White House announced that President Barack Obama intends to remove Cuba from the United Statesโ€™ list of nations that sponsor terrorism: โ€œWhile we have our strong differences with Cuba, it is not a terrorist state. I applaud President Obama for moving aggressively to develop normal

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HHS to Probe Skyrocketing Generic Drug Prices

WASHINGTON, April 14 โ€“ At the urging of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general has agreed to investigate how sudden price hikes by generic drug makers are driving up the cost of taxpayer-supported health care. โ€œIt is unacceptable that Americans pay, by far, the highest prices in the

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Sanders Bill Will Close Notorious Tax Shelter Loophole

WASHINGTON, April 14 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced a bill to stop profitable corporations from sheltering income overseas in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. taxes. The legislation also would end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs and factories overseas. โ€œAt a time when we have a $18.2 trillion national debt and

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Sanders: Make Public Higher Ed Tuition-Free, Reform Loans, Protect Pell Grants

WASHINGTON, April 13 โ€“ In a speech tonight at American University, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will call for overhauling how college education is financed by allowing students to refinance loans, eliminating federal profits on loans, making 4-year public colleges tuition-free, expanding work-study programs and providing incentives for colleges and universities to keep costs down. The senator also will call for

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Sanders Launches National Budget Town Hall Meeting Series

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 13 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said heโ€™s going outside the Capitol to hear from working-class Americans about how severe Republican budget cuts would affect their families, parents and health care. Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said he wants to provide a forum outside the rigid structure of Congress as part of

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