WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) welcomed today’s proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to fundamentally change the way it regulates high-speed Internet service. The new approach came after a torrent of criticism – including some 50,000 emails submitted through Sanders’ website – objecting to an earlier FCC proposal to divide the Internet into fast and slow lanes.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement about President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016: “The president’s budget begins to move us in the right direction. By rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, we can create millions of good-paying jobs. By making community college free, we
MONTPELIER, Vt., Jan. 31 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has asked President Barack Obama to make millions more American workers eligible for overtime pay. “We need to change outdated overtime rules so that businesses can’t shirk their responsibility simply by labeling workers earning as little as $24,000 a year as supervisors,” Sanders said. Sanders and 25 other senators sent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 – Calling on Senate colleagues to sustain an expected veto by President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate today passed a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline: “With the scientific community telling us loudly and clearly that we must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement about President Obama’s decision not to be constrained by the sequester caps when he submits his budget on Monday: “I support what the president has proposed and will work to eliminate the artificial sequestration cap on non-discretionary spending. It’s
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 – Senate Republicans today shot down a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to help install up to 10 million solar power systems for homes and businesses in the coming decade. Rebates for solar systems would have been authorized by a Sanders amendment to a Keystone XL oil pipeline bill now before the Senate. “The scientific community
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