Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will vote against confirmation of Michael B. Mukasey to be attorney general. President Bush's choice to head the Justice Department, Sanders said, holds…
"Senator Bernie Sanders tours the 3rd annual Solar Decathlon on the National Mall. Primarily sponsored by the Dept. of Energy, the event joins 20 college and university teams in a…
"Senator Bernie Sanders met with seven Vermont members of the National Young Leaders Conference, which brings high school students from around the country to Washington, D.C. as part of the…
It is time to rethink the privatization of the United States military. In Iraq alone, there are roughly 180,000 private contractors working for American government agencies, including about 30,000 heavily-armed guards. The most notorious contractor, Blackwater USA, has been embroiled in controversy over the deaths last month of 17 Iraqis. A State Department contract with the private security firm, which escorts U.S. diplomats traveling outside the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad, expire
"Senator Bernie Sanders met with four Vermont members of the National Youth Leadership Forum, who were in Washington, D.C. to get an inside look at the fields of national security,…
Senator Bernie Sanders said today it is time to rethink the privatization of the United States military. In Iraq alone, there are roughly 180,000 private contractors working for American government…
Senator Bernie Sanders, a member of the Environment and Public Works subcommittee chaired by Senator Joseph Lieberman, said today he would work to strengthen legislation on global warming proposed by…
As a key Senate committee prepares to take up legislation to reverse global warming, Senators Bernie Sanders and Frank Lautenberg set down a set of principles that will guide their consideration of legislation. Sanders and Lautenberg both serve on a subcommittee that will consider legislation expected to be formally introduced on Thursday by Senator Joseph Lieberman, the subcommittee chairman, and Senator John Warner, the panel’s ranking Republican. “We need to work together to address the most
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