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“We must address the very serious problem of a $16 trillion national debt and a $1 trillion federal deficit,” Sen Bernie Sanders said in a column published Tuesday by Politico. But with just weeks to go before the election and a lame-duck session of Congress, he criticized the “horrendous ideas” offered by self-styled deficit hawks. The same people who took

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 1 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced a new $1 million grant to support energy efficiency in Burlington. The senator was joined at a news conference by Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and Vermont Department of Public Service Commissioner Elizabeth Miller. “This program may well become a national model for how we overcome hurdles to energy efficiency investments. It will help us

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 28 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after a federal judge struck down a Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule on market speculation: “Today’s court decision is another victory for Wall Street speculators who have been given a green light to rip off the American people at the gas pump.  The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 26 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services allowed Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington to keep federal funding:  “As a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I strongly believe that as a nation we have a shared responsibility to make sure that the men and women who have served

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 – As dairy farmers struggle to cope with rising production costs driven up during this summer’s severe drought, a bipartisan group of senators from leading dairy states today asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to review the floor price for raw milk. “Our domestic food supply is being severely challenged by this year’s prolonged drought,” said a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 – A major bloc of 29 senators took a strong stand today against any cuts to Social Security as part of a deficit reduction deal. “We will oppose including Social Security cuts for future or current beneficiaries in any deficit reduction package,” the senators said in a letter circulated by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the founder of the Senate Defending Social