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Sen. Bernie Sanders holds hearing to announce $3 billion AIDS drug prize
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held a public hearing today to call for the end of legal monopolies on HIV/AIDS drugs and to introduce Senate bill 1138, which includes a $3 billion prize program for the discovery of new HIV/AIDS treatments, according to a press release from Sen. Sanders’s office. The…
WATCH LIVE: Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks against GOP summit to cut Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced plans to a press conference Tuesday on the dangers of a Republican plan to cut social safety net programs Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, according to Fire Dog Lake. Sanders and other opponents oppose a Fiscal Summit scheduled with House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan…
Bernie Sanders: Congress spends day and night worrying about the wealthy
At a congressional summit Wednesday about the Citizens United decision, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said the U.S. Congress was only concerned about the “wealthy and powerful” because of the influence of campaign contributions. “This country faces enormous problems, the middle-class is declining, poverty is increasing, we’re worried about global warming,…
Sen. Bernie Sanders blasts economic inequality: This is not what democracy looks like
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) railed against the growing economic inequality in the United States during a Senate speech in support of the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012. “It is absurd that at a time when our country has a $15 trillion national debt and enormous unmet needs, the…
Vermont senators blast the JOBS Act after Senate passes it
Vermont Sens. Bernie Sanders (I) and Patrick Leahy (D) on Thursday trashed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, saying it could lead to another financial crisis. The Senate voted 73 to 26 to pass the bill, which was aimed at making it easier for small business’s to raise capital.…
Bernie Sanders praises Vermont towns for challenging Citizens United ruling
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders applauded towns in his state Vermont that called for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. By Tuesday evening, 23 towns had called on Vermont legislators and the state’s congressional delegation to overturn the…
Senators call on GAO to study impact of new voter laws
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-TV), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) on Tuesday requested that the Government Accountability Office investigate the impact of new state laws aimed at thwarting voter fraud. “It is critical that we have an accurate picture of these recent state laws, individual access…
Bernie Sanders: I’m more of a deficit hawk than many Republicans
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Thursday told Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee they were hypocritical for vowing to reduce the federal deficit while supporting wars overseas and tax breaks for wealthy Americans. The committee was holding a hearing on the President’s 2013 budget with Treasury Secretary Geithner.…
Sen. Bernie Sanders blasts U.S. wealth gap
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday rebutted Republicans who accused President Barack Obama of engaging in class warfare. “They talk about class warfare — the fact of the matter is there has been class warfare for the last thirty years,” he said on MSNBC’s Politics Nation. “It’s a handful of…
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Congress works very well for the top 1 percent
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday blasted the influence of corporate money on American politics during an appearance on MSNBC’s The Dylan Ratigan Show. “The United States Congress, and to a certain degree the White House, are dominated by big money interest,” he said. “If you look at who contributes…
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