Sanders Files Bill to Break Up Big Banks

WASHINGTON, May 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to break up the nation’s biggest banks in order to safeguard the economy and prevent another costly taxpayer bailout. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) proposed a companion bill in the House. “No single financial institution should have holdings so extensive that its failure could send the world economy into crisis,”

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Senate Budget Throws 27 Million Off Health Insurance

WASHINGTON, May 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution: “This Republican budget throws 27 million Americans off health insurance, slashes $5 trillion over the coming decade from programs that help working families, cuts taxes on the richest Americans and raises them

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Sanders Statement on Loretta Lynch Confirmation

WASHINGTON, April 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch to serve as attorney general: “I am delighted that Loretta Lynch finally was confirmed by the Senate. I look forward to working with her as the attorney general and I congratulate Sen. Patrick Leahy for all the work he did to

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Unfair Trade Deal Would Exploit Foreign Workers and Cost American Jobs, Sanders Says

WASHINGTON, April 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that “it makes no sense at all” for Congress to approve a trade agreement that would throw Americans out of work and let multi-national corporations exploit cheap labor in Malaysia, Vietnam and other low-wage nations. In a Senate speech detailing serious defects in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, Sanders said workers

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