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By Juliana Kaplan; Business Insider Senate Budget Committee chair Bernie Sanders says there’s “really, really good news” — for the wealthiest Americans. In a Senate floor speech, the progressive senator from Vermont took aim at billionaires and CEOs, and called for the government to take action on social and climate spending. “What I want to point out this afternoon is

By Sam Tabahriti; Business Insider Bernie Sanders has called out Chipotle on Twitter over the rising cost of its meals and accused it of price gouging. It comes after the fast-food chain released its fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday. The US senator tweeted on Friday: “Corporate greed is Chipotle increasing its profits by 181% last year to $764 million, giving its CEO a 137% pay raise

By Eric Fayeulle; ABC News Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a speech on the Senate floor Thursday expressing grave concern over the “drumbeats” of war building in Washington, D.C., amid escalating tensions along the Ukrainian border. Sanders, I-Vt., the de-facto leader of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, which had kept relatively quiet on the issue to this point, pleaded with government

By Peter Sullivan; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday called on Senate Democrats to vote on legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs while criticizing what he said was a lack of action on the issue. “We’re voting for an assistant secretary of something,” he said. “The American people are not staying up nights worrying about that. They’re worried

Hosted by Rachel Martin; NPR Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders tells NPR’s Rachel Martin that a potential war in Ukraine could have unforeseen consequences for Russia, for Ukraine and for the rest of the world. MARTIN: As we just heard, world leaders are still working on a diplomatic solution, even as Russian troops have Ukraine surrounded on three sides. Vermont Senator

By Pat Bradley; WAMC Senator Bernie Sanders recently hosted a virtual town hall with Vermont firefighters and EMS personnel to discuss funding and staffing challenges facing rural departments in Vermont and across the country. The National Volunteer Fire Council reports two-thirds of firefighters nationally are volunteer and their numbers reached a 40-year low in 2017. Meanwhile call volume tripled over the past 30 years.