Press Releases

WASHINGTON, May 10 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that he introduced legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system.   Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) filed a companion bill in the House to provide better care for more patients at less cost by eliminating the middle-man role played by private insurance companies that

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) will hold a press conference on Tuesday to announce the introduction of single-payer health care bills in the Senate and House. They will be joined by leaders of the AFL-CIO and other labor organizations supporting the measure. Who: Sen. Bernie Sanders; Rep. Jim McDermott; Arlene Baker-Holt, executive

Vermont Service Center Employees Win in Labor Settlement   WASHINGTON, May 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed a U.S. Labor Department ruling that will result in an additional $2.9 million in back wages for federal contract workers in St. Albans and Essex Junction. The ruling affects more than 700 contract workers employed by Stanley Inc.  and subcontractors at

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 2, 2011 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the U.S. operation in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden:   “The death of Osama bin Laden is a historic moment in our fight against international terrorism and his Al Qaeda organization.   “I applaud the extraordinary bravery of those American military personnel

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 28 – With Wall Street speculators driving up oil and gas prices to near record highs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today urged President Obama to ask for the immediate resignation of federal regulators who won’t enforce a new law to stop excessive speculation in oil markets.   Gasoline pump prices in Vermont averaged $3.90 a gallon today,

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 26 – A study requested by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) found numerous instances during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 when banks took near zero-interest funds from the Federal Reserve and then loaned money back to the federal government on sweetheart terms for the banks. The banks pocketed interest on government securities that paid rates up to 12 times greater than the