NEWS: Sanders, Gillibrand, Baldwin, Booker, Brown, Markey, Merkley, Padilla, Reed, Smith, Warren, and Whitehouse Joint Statement on Senate Taking Up Sick Leave For Rail Workers
WASHINGTON, November 30 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Wednesday issued the following joint statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation averting a rail
NEWS: Sanders Statement as Major Marriage Equality Legislation Passes the U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, November 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 61-36 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, major legislation to codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriage into federal law: “In the year 2022, we will not let an extremist Supreme Court drag us back in time. I was proud
NEWS: Sanders Announces Thirteenth Annual State of the Union Essay Contest
BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has launched his thirteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest. Each year, the President of the United States delivers the “State of the Union” address to a joint session of Congress, which outlines priorities for the coming year. Sanders knows that great ideas can come from anyone – not just
MEDIA ADVISORY – FRIDAY: Sanders to Join St. Albans Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony
BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), longtime member and former chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, on Friday will join the St. Albans Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony to honor and commemorate our Vermont veterans. Details:What: St. Albans Veterans Day Parade and CeremonyWhen: Friday, November 11, 10:30 AMWhere: Taylor Park, 36 North Main Street, St. Albans
NEWS: Nearly 100 Students Participate in Biannual “Vermont Day” Trip to the Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate
BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 10 – As part of “Vermont Day,” a biannual educational trip organized by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for Vermont students, 90 high schoolers from Oxbow High School and Spaulding High School traveled to the nonpartisan Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston on Wednesday to learn firsthand about democracy and the Senate legislative