Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – As House and Senate budget negotiators look for ways to lower deficits, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) today introduced legislation to eliminate tax loopholes and subsidies that support the oil, gas and coal industries. The End Polluter Welfare Act of 2013 would remove tax breaks, close loopholes, end taxpayer-funded fossil fuel research

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – President Barack Obama today signed legislation by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to provide annual cost-of-living adjustments in benefits for veterans with service-connected disabilities and for their survivors. The legislation, for the first time in years, ends a Department of Veterans Affairs practice of rounding down benefits. “I applaud the president for signing into law the measure

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate decided to make it harder for the minority to block confirmation of the president’s nominees for judges and other top posts. “Most Americans grew up believing that in America the majority rules. They also believe that this country deserves a Senate that is not dysfunctional

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – A Senate panel today passed legislation to designate the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in Vermont as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed the bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a committee member, and co-sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Companion legislation sponsored by Rep.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – A Senate panel today passed legislation to designate the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in Vermont as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed the bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a committee member, and co-sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Companion legislation sponsored by Rep.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on aging, held a hearing today to discuss the extraordinary disparities in life expectancy that exist between regions of the United States and even neighborhoods within cities. Sanders said that a recurring theme from witnesses was that “poverty in America is in fact very expensive.”  He added, “If