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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today joined low-paid government contract workers at a rally outside the White House as part of a one-day strike for better pay.…
"Low-paid government contract workers rallied Wednesday outside the White House as part of a one-day strike for better pay. “We cannot stand by and do nothing while the income of…