Senator Bernie Sanders

Let's End Polluter Welfare

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 05.20.2012

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Instead of passing strong legislation to help reverse global warming, Congress continues the giveaways to the 200-year-old fossil fuel industry even as that industry's carbon pollution wreaks devastation on our planet. Enough is enough.

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Sanders, Ellison Unveil Legislation To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Taxpayer Subsidies, Oil and Gas Subsidies, May Boeve, 350.Org, Friends of the Earth, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Oil, Keith Ellison, Bernie Sanders, Natural Gas, Rep. Keith Ellison, Bill Mckibben, Coal, Senator Bernie Sanders, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Progressive lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) teamed up on Thursday to introduce legislation design...

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Stop the Nuclear Industry Welfare Program

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 04.16.2012

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If the nuclear industry believes so fervently in its technology, then it and Wall Street investors can put their money where their mouth is. Let's let them finance it, insure it, and pay for it themselves.

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We the People

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 03.21.2012

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We face a choice. Americans can let Citizens United remain the law of the land, or we can have a functioning democracy. We can't have both.

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Saving Our Democracy

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 02.07.2012

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The Constitution of this country has served us well. But when the Supreme Court says that attempts by the federal government and states to impose reasonable restrictions on campaign ads are unconstitutional, our democracy is in grave danger.

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Making AIDS Treatment Affordable

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 01.31.2012

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Today, the biggest problem in caring for those with AIDS is no longer mainly a medical or scientific problem. The crisis is access to affordable drugs.

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Democrats, Stop Caving In

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 01.18.2012

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What if the super committee ends in stalemate? Across-the-board, automatic cuts are set to kick in. That so-called sequestration wouldn't start, however, until 2013. That would make 2012 one of the most important election years in modern American history.

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The Veil of Secrecy at the Fed Has Been Lifted, Now It's Time for Change

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 01.02.2012

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One thing is abundantly clear: Americans deserve a Federal Reserve that works for them, not just the CEOs on Wall Street.

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Wall Street Protests

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 12.07.2011

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If this country is to break out of the horrendous recession and create the millions of jobs we desperately need, there is no question that the American people are going to have to take a very hard look at Wall Street and demand fundamental reforms.

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Wall Street's Secret Oil Games

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.16.2011

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It's time to lift the veil of secrecy in the oil futures market. The American people have a right to know how much excessive speculation has driven up oil prices and which Wall Street firms are doing it.

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Is Poverty a Death Sentence?

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.13.2011

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There are 46 million Americans living below the poverty line. That's the largest number on record and this crisis is one of the great moral and economic issues facing our country.

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Dick Durbin: Sacrificing Social Security, Recovery?

Curtis Black | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Dave Johnson, Russ Feingold, Nancy Altman, Social Security, Jobs Crisis, Tea Party, Strengthen Social Security, Robert Reich, Debt Crisis, President Obama, Deficit Reduction Commission, Federal Deficit, People's Budget, Center for America's Future, Dick Durbin, Bill Daley, Medicaid, Entitlement Reform, Citizens for Tax Justice, Senator Bernie Sanders, Debt Ceiling, Robert Borosage, William Greider, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Center for Economic Policy and Research, American Dream Movement, Elizabeth Drew, Senator Richard Durbin, Medicare, Gang of Six, Dean Baker, Chicago News

Now that the debt ceiling crisis is behind us, it's time to take a look at Senator Durbin's role in shifting the debate away from the jobs crisis and legitimizing attacks on Social Security.

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Why I Voted No on the Deficit Deal

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.05.2011

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The deficit deal does exactly the opposite of what the American people wanted. In poll after poll, the American people said they believe in shared sacrifice instead of putting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education and environmental protection on the chopping block.

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Why Americans Are So Angry

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.28.2011

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The rich are getting richer. Their effective tax rate, in recent years, has been reduced to the lowest in modern history. Nurses, teachers and firemen actually pay a higher tax rate than some billionaires. It's no wonder the American people are angry.

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Stimulating a Dead Economy

Jim Worth | Posted 08.17.2011

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The U.S. economy is surviving only because of over-stimulation. We're living on fumes in this country, and the pursuit of happiness has come to an end for millions of families.

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'The Ostrich Runs Red': A Bernie Sanders Fan Fiction Noir

Jordan Zakarin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deep in the woods of Vermont stands US Senator Bernie Sanders, hatchet in hand and covered in blood, hacking at the winged beast ostrich.

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of 2010

Amy B. Dean | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are lessons to be learned from progressive failures and hopes to be drawn from progressive successes that can point to how we can have better political results in 2011 and 2012.

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The Federal Reserve's $3.3 Trillion Insider Loans Follow a History of Corrupt Practices

Robert Auerbach | Posted 05.25.2011

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There must be checks and balances for the Fed's activities. If the CIA can inform Congress, why should the Fed be exempt?

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Bernie Sanders Rallies Activists To Sink Obama's Tax Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told thousands of Americans that if Republicans "run over us now, there is no stopping these guys," and called on...

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Liberal Leaders Meet To Launch Progressive Alternative To Debt Commission's Draft Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) met with labor unions, seniors organizations, and liberal members of Congress Thursday afternoon to develop ...

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Social Security Advocates Slam Debt Commission's 'Regressive' Proposal, Join Bernie Sanders In Crafting Progressive Alternative

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Social Security advocates have been quick to come out against the proposal released Wednesday by the co-chairs of President Barack Obama...

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The CFTC and Department of Energy Snore Away While the Oil Patch Makes Hay

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is clear that the price of oil as currently constituted no longer has anything to do with the market dynamics of supply and demand.

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