Sanders Supports Vermont Federal Workers

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) cosponsored a bill to compensate federal workers furloughed because most of the United States government is shut down. “Federal workers in Vermont…

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Sanders Bill Would Protect Veterans Benefits in a Shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 – Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tonight introduced legislation to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs may continue to make disability compensation and pension…

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Senate Votes Again to Avoid Shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 – The Senate today rejected a House maneuver to delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act and let employers deny health care for women as a condition…

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Sanders Statement on U.N. Climate Change Report

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report. “Once again, the world’s leading…

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Senate Votes to Avoid Shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted today for a stopgap spending measure to keep the government running when the new budget year begins on Tuesday. The resolution…

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A Government Shutdown Would Hurt Vermonters

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that a threatened government shutdown next Tuesday would cause a loss of jobs and income for thousands of Vermonters and…

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