Sanders Proposes Bill to Strengthen Social Security

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced today that he willย introduce legislation when Congress reconvenes to strengthen and preserveย Social Security. Since it wasย signed into law 76 years ago this month, Social Security has kept millions ofย senior citizens, widows, orphans, and the disabled out of poverty.ย  Toย keep Social Security strong for another 75 years, Sanders’ legislation wouldย apply the

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Sanders Demands Federal Regulators Obey Law and Limit Oil Speculation

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 – Sen. Bernieย Sanders today said federal regulators should stop thumbing their nosesย at a year-old law and enforce limits on excessive speculation in oil markets. He cited secretย data collected by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which showed thatย Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other banks and hedge funds dominated oilย markets in 2008 when prices rose sharply and topped $140

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CFTC Report Reveals Rampant Speculation in Oil Markets

Sen. Bernieย Sanders offered the following statement after having reviewed a list ofย speculative oil traders responsible for the 2008 spike in oil prices.ย This list was compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). “Thisย report clearly shows that in the summer of 2008 when gas prices spiked to moreย than $4 a gallon, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and other speculators on Wallย Street

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Delegation announces $1 million grant to Montpelier-based Institute for Sustainable Communities

Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sen. Bernieย Sanders (I),ย Sen. Patrick Leahy (D),ย and Rep. Peter Welch (D) – today announced a one million dollar grant to the Montpelier-based Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC). Through the grant, ISC will workย with the joint HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership forย Sustainable Communities (PSC), which coordinates federal housing, transportation, water, and other infrastructure investments to make neighborhoods more prosperous, allow people

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Sanders to Steelworkers: No. 1 Challenge America Faces Is A Jobs Crisis

Sen. Bernieย Sanders will address the urgent need to create jobs to both jumpstartย the economy and reduce the national debt during the United Steelworkers “Standย Up, Fight Back” convention in Las Vegas this afternoon. Shortly beforeย Sanders speaks to more than 3,000 union leaders throughout North America today,ย President Barack Obama is scheduled to make remarks to the steelworkers’ย convention by video. On Monday, House

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Protecting Families, Not Polluter Interests

Last Thursday, nine senators signed onto a letter urging the Obama administration to take action to protect air quality and public health.ย  In the letter, Sen. Bernie Sanders and eight other senators called upon the president to safeguard the health of families by standingย strong against efforts to weaken the Clean Air Act. ย For four decades,ย this landmark legislation has saved lives

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