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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate voted today for changes in filibuster rules that have been abused by Republicans to block legislation: “The old rules let senators use parliamentary tactics to block bills that had broad, bipartisan support. Legislation could be stopped without senators even coming to the Senate floor to

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement tonight after President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress: “The president covered a lot of territory but the issues that stand out for me are the need for our nation to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create millions of

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 – The Vermont congressional delegation today introduced legislation to let the state implement a single-payer health care system that could become a model for the nation. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced a Senate bill and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed legislation in the House that would let Vermont and other states provide better

The architect of a plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it was tapped to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Rep. Paul Ryan’s very specific plan to cut Social Security and Medicare clarifies the debate. Meanwhile, the White House signaled that President Obama in his

Praises President for Defending Seniors  WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that Republicans showed their hand by tapping Rep. Paul Ryan, the architect of a plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it, to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. “The Republican leadership has been vague

Sanders Announces Essay Winners   BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 24 – More than 225 Vermont students wrote about the declining middle class, climate change and health care reform in a State of the Union essay contest sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The winner, selected by a panel of Vermont teachers, was Keenan Villani-Holland of Richmond. He is a senior at