Statement on Vermont Yankee Appeal

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 17 - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell filed an appeal in federal court on behalf…

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Sanders Statement on Women’s Health Care

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement today answering critics of President Obama's plan to require insurance coverage of contraceptives for women. "In Vermont and around…

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Sanders Statement on Payroll Tax

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 - Congress today passed a $150 billion package extending a cut in the Social Security payroll tax and continuing benefits for the long-term unemployed. The House vote was 293-132. The…

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Senators Support Saving the Postal Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 - A group of 27 senators called today for "significant improvements" in a bill to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter to a Senate panel that oversees…

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