Sanders Calls for Reversing Social Security Cuts to Improve Deteriorating Customer Service

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 31 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday called on Congress to reverse deep budget cuts that have left Social Security Administration offices understaffed and unable to keep up with growing caseloads. Inย a letterย to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), who chairs the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sanders said, โ€œSocial Security is one of the most successful

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New Bill: No War in North Korea Without Congressional Authorization

WASHINGTON โ€“ย U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)ย on Tuesday ledย U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), andย Tom Udall (D-N.M.)ย in introducing a bill prohibiting President Trump from starting a preemptive war against North Korea, absent an imminent threat or without express authorization from Congress. The bill, introduced amidst the escalation

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Sanders Statement on Special Counsel Indictments

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Monday after President Donald Trumpโ€™s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former Manafort business associate, Rick Gates, were indicted: โ€œRussiaโ€™s interference in our recent election and their attack on American democracy is an issue of enormous consequence. Special Counsel Mueller, appointed with bipartisan support, is

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Top Dems Introduce Bill to Allow HHS to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices for Medicare

WASHINGTON, ย Oct. 25 โ€”Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tx.), and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.)ย introducedย The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017ย to direct the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate lower

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Minimum Wage Too Low to Keep Working Families Out of Poverty, New Report Finds

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 โ€“ The federal minimum wage is leaving millions of families in poverty, according to aย new studyย prepared by the Government Accountability Office for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). While 20 percent of working families earning the $7.25 minimum wage or below live in poverty, 13 percent of families with a worker earning up to $12 per hour live in

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Sanders Statement on New $373,000 Cancer Therapy

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after the pharmaceutical company Gilead said the list price for the cancer drug Yescarta would be $373,000: โ€œGilead, one of the greediest pharmaceutical corporations in the world, is once again gouging Americans dealing with a life-threatening illness. This time, Gilead plans to charge an outrageous $373,000 per

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