Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today opposed an effort to rush legislation through a Senate committee in order to hurry congressional approval of a controversial trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sanders invoked a Senate rule to stop a morning meeting of the Finance Committee to mark up the so-called fast-track bill. “This job-killing trade deal

WASHINGTON, April 22 – As the nation marked Earth Day, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to close tax loopholes and eliminate other subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries. Subsidies for polluters now in place are projected to cost taxpayers more than $135 billion in the coming decade. Sanders’ Senate bill and Ellison’s

WASHINGTON, April 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders today asked Republican presidential candidates to renounce a “grossly unfair” Senate budget proposal to give the wealthiest 5,400 American families another $269 billion in tax breaks while paving the way for a tax hike on working families. “At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, it is beyond belief that Congress would

WASHINGTON, April 20 – Protesting a trade deal that would throw Americans out of work, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today planned to march with leaders of the AFL-CIO and other labor organizations to a rally outside the U.S. trade representative’s office.             “One of the key reasons why the middle class in America continues to decline and the gap between

BURLINGTON, Vt. April, 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other national leaders to oppose a proposed 12-nation trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “For decades, corporate America has been pushing disastrous trade agreements on the American people. The result: millions of jobs lost through outsourcing, lower wages and

WASHINGTON, April 16 – Vermont and other states would have much more control over how public schools are held accountable for student performance under legislation that a Senate panel approved today. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate education committee, helped draft the measure to replace the much-maligned No Child Left Behind education law which   inaccurately stigmatized most