Republicans Want to Cut Social Security Disability Benefits, Sanders Warns

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 โ€“ Republicans in Congress are trying to cut Social Security disability benefits. Retirement payments also could be in jeopardy, Sen. Bernie Sanders warned in a Senate floor speech today. โ€œThis is a very bad idea,โ€ Sanders said. โ€œRepublicans are manufacturing a crisis where none exists.โ€ In the budget blueprint that President Barack Obama sent to Congress last

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Sanders Looks Forward to Pope Francisโ€™ Address to Congress

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement today after it was announced that Pope Francis on Sept. 24 will address a special joint session of Congress during the pontiffโ€™s first trip to the United States: โ€œI am delighted that Pope Francis will address a joint session of Congress during his American visit this fall. The

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Sanders Welcomes FCC Turnabout on Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) welcomed todayโ€™s proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to fundamentally change the way it regulates high-speed Internet service. The new approach came after a torrent of criticism โ€“ including some 50,000 emails submitted through Sandersโ€™ website โ€“ objecting to an earlier FCC proposal to divide the Internet into fast and slow lanes.

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Sanders Statement on Budget Proposal for FY 2016

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 2 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement about President Obamaโ€™s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016: โ€œThe presidentโ€™s budget begins to move us in the right direction. By rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, we can create millions of good-paying jobs. By making community college free, we

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Sanders Leads Push for Fair Overtime Pay

MONTPELIER, Vt., Jan. 31 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has asked President Barack Obama to make millions more American workers eligible for overtime pay. โ€œWe need to change outdated overtime rules so that businesses canโ€™t shirk their responsibility simply by labeling workers earning as little as $24,000 a year as supervisors,โ€ Sanders said.  Sanders and 25 other senators sent

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Sanders Votes No on Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 โ€“ Calling on Senate colleagues to sustain an expected veto by President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate today passed a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline:  โ€œWith the scientific community telling us loudly and clearly that we must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels

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