Sanders Supports Vermont Federal Workers

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) cosponsored a bill to compensate federal workers furloughed because most of the United States government is shut down. โ€œFederal workers in Vermont and around the country should not have to pay the price for the House Republicansโ€™ refusal to keep the government open,โ€ Sanders said. โ€œThese dedicated workers have families to feed

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Sanders Bill Would Protect Veterans Benefits in a Shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 โ€“ Senate Committee on Veteransโ€™ Affairs Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tonight introducedย legislationย to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs may continue to make disability compensation and pension payments to veterans in the event of an extended government shutdown. โ€œWe must not let our veterans be counted among the House Republicansโ€™ hostages,โ€ Sanders said. Many services provided by

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Senate Votes Again to Avoid Shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 โ€“ The Senate today rejected a House maneuver to delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act and let employers deny health care for women as a condition for keeping the government open in a new fiscal year that begins on Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined the 54โ€“46 majority that sent the budget resolution back to the

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Sanders Statement on U.N. Climate Change Report

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report. โ€œOnce again, the worldโ€™s leading scientists on climate change have spoken. Their conclusion is that global warming is real, that it is already causing enormous problems for our planet, and that it will only get

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Senate Votes to Avoid Shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted today for a stopgap spending measure to keep the government running when the new budget year begins on Tuesday. The resolution passed 54-44 after the Senate stripped out a provision that had been inserted by the House to defund the Affordable Care Act.  โ€œPeople can disagree about the Affordable Care Act,

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A Government Shutdown Would Hurt Vermonters

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that a threatened government shutdown next Tuesday would cause a loss of jobs and income for thousands of Vermonters and hurt seniors, veterans, college students and others in the state. A shutdown could affect tourism as Vermont enters the peak of fall leaf season and interfere with health care services

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