Delegation introduces bill to extend vital safety net for Vermont dairy farmers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Ct.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) – has introduced legislation to extend a vital safety net that helps dairy farmers ride out downturns in milk prices. Without action, dairy farmers could face a severe drop in support from the MILC safety net come September 1st. The MILC Continuation
Sanders Statement on Women’s Health Care
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement today answering critics of President Obama’s plan to require insurance coverage of contraceptives for women. “In Vermont and around the country, there is growing anger that members of Congress, mostly men I should add, are trying to roll back the clock on women’s rights, in this case the right of women
Sanders Statement on Payroll Tax
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Congress today passed a $150 billion package extending a cut in the Social Security payroll tax and continuing benefits for the long-term unemployed. The House vote was 293-132. The Senate voted 60 to 36. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted no and issued the following statement: “I very strongly believe the middle class needs a tax break and clearly we must extend unemployment
Senators Support Saving the Postal Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 – A group of 27 senators called today for “significant improvements” in a bill to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter to a Senate panel that oversees the Postal Service, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 26 other senators suggested specific measures to preserve first-class and Saturday mail delivery, stop wholesale closings of rural post offices and mail processing centers, and
Sanders Says Highway Bill Would Begin to Address ‘Infrastructure Crisis’
BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 13 – As the U.S. Senate gears up to debate a transportation funding bill this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told a press conference in Vermont that the measure would provide $408 million for the state over the next two years. Sanders was joined at the press conference by Vermont Transportation Secretary Brian Searles. Stressing the importance
