Next Generation of Leaders

Vermonters have a long history of serving their nation honorably in the armed services. An elite group of Vermont high school students just took a significant step towards joining that tradition. Last weekend, Senator Sanders congratulated the next generation of Vermont military leaders. The Senator nominated 21 Vermonters to attend the military service academies. “I am proud of the Vermonters I have nominated to the service academies, and they should be proud of their academic accomplishment

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Best Wishes

The men and women of Congress have returned home to be with their families and constituents for the winter holidays. A lot of work has been done, but much much more is needed to get our country moving in the right direction again. On the west lawn of the U.S. Capital, a magnificent Balsam fir today brings a taste Vermont to the nation’s capital. The tree was harvested from Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest. In Vermont, snow covers much of the state. Whether you are a winter sports e

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Congress Makes Real Progress

Looking back at this year’s session of Congress, Senator Bernie Sanders counted many successes despite unprecedented obstruction tactics by Republicans. “In my view, Americans very much want to change the priorities that President Bush has established and move this country in a very different direction,” Sanders said. “In the face of a record number of Republican filibusters and strong opposition from the White House, we certainly have not accomplished everything that I wanted, but we have made

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Stop the War

Over the opposition of Bernie Sanders and two dozen other senators, the Senate late Tuesday voted to provide another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I cannot support providing more money for continuing our ill-conceived and tragic presence in Iraq with no requirement for when our redeployment will begin, when it will be concluded, and what our future course in Iraq will be,” Sanders said. “This war has been a disaster from day one. It is time to bring our troops home.” The v

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Hot as Hell

A B-24 bomber flying a World War II mission over the Himalayas in 1944 crashed into a mountainous region of northeastern India. The lost crew included two Vermonters; Capt. William A. Swanson of Proctor, the pilot, and Lt. Irwin “Zipper” Zaetz of Burlington, the navigator. One year ago, a mountain climber trekking through rugged terrain 9,000 feet above sea level discovered a portion of a wing with numbers identifying the plane, the Hot as Hell. He notified relatives of the crash victims. They t

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Sanders Opposes FCC Media-Ownership Rule

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on
today’s vote by the Federal Communications Commission to overturn a
32-year-old media cross-ownership ban and allow broadcasters in the
nation’s 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper:

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