Sanders to Vote โ€˜Noโ€™ On Trade Agreements

WASHINGTON, Oct.ย 12 – Saying U.S. trade policy has been “a disaster” for American workers, Sen.ย Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will vote against proposed tradeย agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia. Sanders saidย that the agreements are a continuation of trade pacts like the North Americaย Free Trade Agreement and normalized trade with China which resulted in the lossย of millions of jobs

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Senate Speech by Sen. Bernie Sanders on Unfettered Free Trade

Mr.ย President, I rise in strong opposition to the free trade agreements with Korea,ย Colombia, and Panama. Let’sย be clear: one of the major reasons that the middle class in America is disappearing, poverty is increasing and the gap between theย rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider is due to our disastrousย unfettered free trade policy. If the United States is to

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Sanders Calls for Jobs Bill

WASHINGTON,ย Oct. 6 – As the Senate prepared to take up President Barack Obama’s jobsย package, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said in a Senate floor speech today thatย it’s time to put Americans back to work. With realย unemployment at more than 16 percent, Sanders called for the creation ofย millions of jobs by investing in much-need road and bridge repairs and otherย construction projects to

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Delegation and Governor announce economic development funds to Lyndon and Brighton

WASHINGTON,ย October 5 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernieย Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – and Gov. Peter Shumlin today announced that overย $200,000 in Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) funds will go to supportย two economic development projects in Lyndon and Brighton. Lyndon Stateย College and the Northeastern Vermont Development Association will receiveย $128,500 to boost manufacturing in the area. The

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Sanders Calls Hospital Campaign to Cut Medicare โ€˜Disgraceful,โ€™ โ€˜Disturbingโ€™ and โ€˜Indefensibleโ€™

WASHINGTON,ย Oct. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders today blasted the American Hospitalย Association for lobbying Congress to cut Medicare benefits by increasing theย eligibility age from 65 to 67. The senatorย also criticized the hospital lobby for advocating a big jump – from 25 percentย to 35 percent – in what Medicare patients pay for each visit to a doctor. “I find itย disgraceful that the

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TRANSCRIPT: THE ED SCHULTZ SHOW

ED SCHULTZ: Joining us now, Vermont Senator, Independent, Bernie Sanders. You’re on the Ed Schultz radio show. Senator, good to have you with us. SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I), VERMONT: Good to be with you, Ed. SCHULTZ: Did you expect the Occupy movement to get this big and go this far? What’s your pulse on this right now? SANDERS: Well, I

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