Press Releases

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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 – Vermont will receive more than $18 million to help the state implement a new national health care reform law, the state’s congressional delegation announced today. The federal funds will help the state devise an insurance exchange to make it simpler for consumers to select affordable health insurance policies. Under the national health care law, insurance exchanges must be established in every state to

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 22 – The U.S. Department of Transportation will release $15 million in emergency funds to help Vermont rebuild and repair roads and bridges destroyed or damaged by floods, Vermont’s congressional delegation announced today. The Federal Highway Administration emergency grant includes $14 million for repairing damage caused last August by Tropical Storm Irene, according to Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter