Recovery
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate inspected heavily-damaged areas of Vermont on Tuesday. He was joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Peter Welch  and Gov. Peter Shumlin at stops in  Ludlow,…
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate inspected heavily-damaged areas of Vermont on Tuesday. He was joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Peter Welch  and Gov. Peter Shumlin at stops in  Ludlow,…
BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 26 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reacts to the State Department's announcement on the Keystone XL pipeline: "I continue to oppose the tar sands Keystone XL Pipeline and disagree strongly with…
Sometimes we all tend to take things for granted and we forget that Social Security is the most successful government program in our nation's history. Let's be clear. For more than 75 years, Social Security…
BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced today that he will introduce legislation when Congress reconvenes to strengthen and preserve Social Security. Since it was signed into law 76 years…
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 - Sen. Bernie Sanders today said federal regulators should stop thumbing their noses at a year-old law and enforce limits on excessive speculation in oil markets. He cited secret data…
Sen. Bernie Sanders offered the following statement after having reviewed a list of speculative oil traders responsible for the 2008 spike in oil prices. This list was compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures…
Vermont's congressional delegation - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D), and Rep. Peter Welch (D) - today announced a one million dollar grant to the Montpelier-based Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC).…
Sen. Bernie Sanders will address the urgent need to create jobs to both jumpstart the economy and reduce the national debt during the United Steelworkers "Stand Up, Fight Back" convention in Las Vegas…