Sanders Statement on Defense Authorization Bill

WASHINGTON,ย Dec. 15 – The Senate today voted for a Department of Defense bill thatย authorizes $662 billion for the military, almost as much as last year despiteย the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the year. Sen.ย Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted no and issued the following statement: “The billย continues to authorize heavy spending on defense despite the

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Senate Panel Passes Sandersโ€™ Solar Bill

WASHINGTON,ย Dec. 15 – The Senate energy committee today passed and sent to the full Senateย a bill by Sen. Bernie Sandersย (I-Vt.) and Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.)ย  to lower the cost of solar powerย and put the United States on track to install 10 million solar systems on homesย and businesses by 2020. The committee voted 13 to 8 in favor of the billย by

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Delegation announces $2 million to bolster St. Albans streetscape project

WASHINGTON, December 13 –ย Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy, Bernie Sanders andย Rep. Peter Welch – today announced that St. Albans has been awarded aย $2,088,496 federal grant for its ongoing streetscape project. The grant,ย awarded by the Department of Transportation, will fund continued downtownย improvements. The multi-phased project includes the comprehensiveย redesign of Main Street and its sidewalks; replacement of street lights,ย traffic signal

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Five-Month Moratorium on Postal Service Cutbacks

WASHINGTON,ย Dec. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined senators from around the countryย today to announce that the U.S. Postal Service voluntarily agreed to theirย request for a five-month moratorium until May 15 on closing postal facilities. The moratoriumย would give Congress more time to consider postal reform legislation, includingย a bill introduced by Sanders. “I am pleasedย that the Postal Service has announced that

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New Energy Center Coming to Vermont

BURLINGTON,ย Vt., Dec. 12 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Peter Shumlin today announcedย a $15 million, three-year partnership with Sandia National Laboratories toย establish a joint Center for Energy Transformation and Innovation to be housedย at the University of Vermont. “I am veryย proud to announce that we are bringing a very significant national lab presenceย to New England, by establishing the Center for

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Sanders Files โ€˜Saving American Democracy Amendment’

WASHINGTON,ย Dec. 8 – Warning that “American democracy in endangered,” Sen. Bernie Sandersย (I-Vt.) today proposed a constitutional amendment to overturn a Supreme Courtย ruling that allowed unrestricted and secret campaign spending by corporationsย on U.S. elections. The first constitutionalย amendment ever proposed by Sanders during his two decades in Congress wouldย reverse the narrow 5-to-4 ruling in Citizens United vs. the Federalย Election Commission. In that

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