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BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 19 – With President Barack Obama set to deliver his State of the Union address tomorrow, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced the winner and top finalists in his annual State of the Union essay contest for Vermont high school students. Leo Lehrer-Small, a sophomore at Mount Mansfield Union High School, was named the winner of

On the national holiday named for the civil rights leader, Sen. Bernie Sanders called the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., “one of the great leaders in American history.” Sanders, then a college student, was in the crowd on The Mall in Washington when King delivered his “I have a dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. “We must

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 18 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on Monday’s observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:  “The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., is one of the great leaders in American history and we must continue the fight to achieve his extraordinary vision.  We must never forget his heroic efforts to end segregation and

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 18 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement on President Barack Obama’s  proposals to raise taxes on the wealthiest taxpayers and the largest financial firms and cut taxes for working families: “At a time of obscene levels of income and wealth inequality, President Obama’s plan

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday proposed legislation to impose a two-year moratorium on U.S. Postal Service plans to eliminate up to 15,000 decent-paying jobs, close more mail-sorting plants and end overnight delivery of first-class mail and periodicals.  “At a time when Postal Service revenue is increasing, it makes no sense to eliminate thousands of

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today warned against Republican efforts to cut Social Security and other programs that help working families. In remarks at a Capitol Hill news conference, Sanders warned that benefits for the disabled and their children face a 20 percent cut next year if the Senate follows