Sanders Statement on Postal Service Bill

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders today issued the following statement on a Postal Service reform bill introduced late Thursday in the Senate that could end Saturday and door-to-door mail delivery and close mail processing plants: โ€œWhile I have a great deal of respect for Sens. Carper and Coburn, the Postal Service bill that they introduced is significantly weaker than

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Sanders Congratulates Fast-Food Workers Fighting to Raise Starvation Wages

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today congratulated thousands of fast-food workers who have staged one-day strikes to demand higher wages. โ€œI rise today to congratulate hundreds and hundreds of young people throughout the country who are standing up for justice, who are putting a spotlight on one of the major economic crises facing this country,โ€ Sanders said

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Senate Panel Examines Financial Protections for Service Members

WASHINGTON, July 31 โ€“ The Senate Committee on Veteransโ€™ Affairs today held a hearing on financial protections for men and women serving in the military. Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) faulted financial institutions for what he called โ€œcompletely unacceptableโ€ violations of a law which protects service members when military service hampers their ability to meet financial obligations they took on as

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Medicare for All

WASHINGTON, July 31 โ€“ On the 48th anniversary of congressional passage of the law that created Medicare, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today joined a coalition advocating a Medicare-for-all health care system to provide better care at less cost for more Americans. Sanders spoke at a news conference on Capitol Hill with Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and

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VA Exhibits Cutting Edge Health Care

WASHINGTON, July 30 โ€“ Senate Committee on Veteransโ€™ Affairs Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today joined the Department of Veterans Affairs at an exhibit of cutting-edge medical technology that is improving treatment and expanding access to care for million veterans throughout the country. Dr. Robert Petzel, VAโ€™s undersecretary for health, said VA medical centers are in the forefront of what he

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New Fed Chief Must Make Jobs Top Priority

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 28 โ€“ Saying that โ€œitโ€™s time for new leadership at the Federal Reserve and a new approach to our troubled economy,โ€ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today urged President Obama to appoint a new central bank chairman who will โ€œput the needs of the disappearing middle class ahead of the interests of Wall Street and the wealthy

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