Press Releases

COLCHESTER, Vt., Feb. 18- U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a roundtable discussion this morning with finalists of his second annual State of the Union essay contest. In the wide-ranging discussion, Sanders and the students discussed many of the themes raised in their essays including the declining middle class, growing inequality in the United States, the environment, civil liberties and

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell filed an appeal in federal court on behalf of the state’s bid to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant: “I support the decision by Vermont to appeal the flawed ruling by Judge Murtha in the Vermont

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Ct.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) – has introduced legislation to extend a vital safety net that helps dairy farmers ride out downturns in milk prices. Without action, dairy farmers could face a severe drop in support from the MILC safety net come September 1st. The MILC Continuation

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement today answering critics of President Obama’s plan to require insurance coverage of contraceptives for women. “In Vermont and around the country, there is growing anger that members of Congress, mostly men I should add, are trying to roll back the clock on women’s rights, in this case the right of women

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Congress today passed a $150 billion package extending a cut in the Social Security payroll tax and continuing benefits for the long-term unemployed. The House vote was 293-132. The Senate voted 60 to 36. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted no and issued the following statement: “I very strongly believe the middle class needs a tax break and clearly we must extend unemployment

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 – A group of 27 senators called today for “significant improvements” in a bill to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter to a Senate panel that oversees the Postal Service, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 26 other senators suggested specific measures to preserve first-class and Saturday mail delivery, stop wholesale closings of rural post offices and mail processing centers, and