Press Releases

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

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

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

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 – The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it rescheduled a meeting on the future of a processing plant at White River Junction, Vt., from Dec. 15 to Jan. 4. The public meeting now is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Jan. 4 at the American Legion in White River Junction. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said, “I am very appreciative that the Postal Service

LIHEAP Protection Act would provide $4.7 billion to help vulnerable Americans with energy bills WASHINGTON, DC – With energy costs rising and winter approaching, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators led by Jack Reed (D-RI), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are keeping the heat on Congress to restore funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).  LIHEAP is the main federal program

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 – On World Aids Day, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on Congress to pass his legislation to dramatically lower the price of prescription drugs used to treat the disease. Sanders cited the example of ATRIPLA, a three-drug regime that costs less than $200 to make but is sold in the United States for $24,000 a year. “If a treatment that is literally a