“Protect Social Security

"On Nov. 17th 2011 roughly 200 people packed the Senate Budget Committee room and hallway to hear Sens. Bernie Sanders, Barbara A. Mikulski, Ben Cardin and Rep. Rosa DeLauro urge…

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Leahy, Sanders And Welch Announce $4.8 M. Housing Grant For Cathedral Square Thayer Commons In Burlington’s New North End

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Congressman Peter Welch (D) Wednesday announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Burlington's Cathedral…

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Sanders Statement on Irene Aid

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 - Senate and House negotiators agreed today to provide much-needed disaster assistance for Vermont.  The agreement on funds  to repair roads and bridges destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene sets the…

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Honoring Veterans

"Senator Sanders spoke at the annual Veterans Day ceremony sponsored at Battery Park in Burlington sponsored by the Howard Plant VFW Post 782 to honor men and women who have…

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Sanders Marks Veterans Day

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 - Sen. Bernie Sanders(I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, issued the following statement as the nation marked Veterans Day:  "On this Veterans Day…

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Sanders Statement on Tar Sands Pipeline

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 - Sen. Bernie Sanders(I-Vt.) issued the following statement after learning that the State Department would delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline: "The tar sands pipeline project would be a…

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