Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 21 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today praised the Environmental Protection Agency for forcing coal- and oil-fired power plants to reduce emissions. “I strongly support the Clean Air Act standards announced today that will slash toxic air pollution, such as mercury and arsenic, from our nation’s power plants,” said Sanders, a member of the Senate environment committee. “We know from the Centers for

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today voted against a year-end budget package that raids the Social Security trust fund, fails to make millionaires pay their fair share, surrenders to Republican demands on the environment and shortchanges the home heating assistance program. On a separate roll call vote, Sanders voted with the 72-to-27 majority for a disaster relief

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) – longtime champions of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program – today called on Senate leadership to make the restoration of home heating aid funding a priority when Congress returns to session in January. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 voted on this morning

WASHINGTON, December 16 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – today announced that Vermont will receive $19.5 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding for FY2012. The funding level is less than the $26 million Vermont received in FY2011 but more than the $11 million proposed by President Obama. In a joint statement,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 – The Senate today voted for a Department of Defense bill that authorizes $662 billion for the military, almost as much as last year despite the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the year. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted no and issued the following statement: “The bill continues to authorize heavy spending on defense despite the

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 – The Senate energy committee today passed and sent to the full Senate a bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.)  to lower the cost of solar power and put the United States on track to install 10 million solar systems on homes and businesses by 2020. The committee voted 13 to 8 in favor of the bill by