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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 – The Vermont congressional delegation today introduced legislation to let the state implement a single-payer health care system that could become a model for the nation. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced a Senate bill and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed legislation in the House that would let Vermont and other states provide better

The architect of a plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it was tapped to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Rep. Paul Ryan’s very specific plan to cut Social Security and Medicare clarifies the debate. Meanwhile, the White House signaled that President Obama in his

Praises President for Defending Seniors  WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that Republicans showed their hand by tapping Rep. Paul Ryan, the architect of a plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it, to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. “The Republican leadership has been vague

Sanders Announces Essay Winners   BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 24 – More than 225 Vermont students wrote about the declining middle class, climate change and health care reform in a State of the Union essay contest sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The winner, selected by a panel of Vermont teachers, was Keenan Villani-Holland of Richmond. He is a senior at

WINDSOR, Vt., Jan. 21 – President Obama today named Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and chief executive of General Electric, to lead the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. The GE chiarman has been outspoken about job growth – not in the United States but in China. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hoped the appointment means Immelt has reformed his thinking. “I

WINDSOR, Vt., Jan. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed assurances by National Museum of American History director that the Smithsonian will make a “serious effort” to offer more American-made merchandise in museum gift shops. Sanders had questioned why the gift shop stocks bronze-colored busts of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama that are “crafted in China.”