Sanders: Slow Down Fast Track
WASHINGTON, April 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today opposed an effort to rush legislation through a Senate committee in order to hurry congressional approval of a controversial trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sanders invoked a Senate rule to stop a morning meeting of the Finance Committee to mark up the so-called fast-track bill. “This job-killing trade deal
End Polluter Welfare Act
WASHINGTON, April 22 – As the nation marked Earth Day, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to close tax loopholes and eliminate other subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries. Subsidies for polluters now in place are projected to cost taxpayers more than $135 billion in the coming decade. Sanders’ Senate bill and Ellison’s
Sanders: White House GOP Hopefuls Should Renounce Senate Budget’s Tax Breaks for Rich
WASHINGTON, April 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders today asked Republican presidential candidates to renounce a “grossly unfair” Senate budget proposal to give the wealthiest 5,400 American families another $269 billion in tax breaks while paving the way for a tax hike on working families. “At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, it is beyond belief that Congress would
Sanders, Labor Leaders to Protest Disastrous Trade Deal
WASHINGTON, April 20 – Protesting a trade deal that would throw Americans out of work, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today planned to march with leaders of the AFL-CIO and other labor organizations to a rally outside the U.S. trade representative’s office. “One of the key reasons why the middle class in America continues to decline and the gap between
Clinton, Other White House Hopefuls Should Reject Job-Killing Trade Deal, Sanders Says
BURLINGTON, Vt. April, 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other national leaders to oppose a proposed 12-nation trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “For decades, corporate America has been pushing disastrous trade agreements on the American people. The result: millions of jobs lost through outsourcing, lower wages and