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The House budget drawn up by Rep. Paul Ryan would end Medicare as we know it, according to Sen. Bernie Sanders. It…
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician, presidential candidate, and activist who has served as a United States senator for Vermont since 2007, and as the state’s congressman from 1991 to 2007. Before his election to Congress, he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Sanders is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history. He has a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career.
Sanders self-identifies as a democratic socialist and has been credited with influencing a leftward shift in the Democratic Party after his 2016 presidential campaign. An advocate of social democratic and progressive policies, he is known for his opposition to economic inequality and neoliberalism.
As a result of the greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior on Wall Street, the American people have experienced the worst economic crisis…
Supporter – Republicans hate Social Security because it has been an extraordinary success and has done exactly what it was designed to…
Social Security cuts under consideration by the White House in deficit-reduction talks would drive 245,000 people into poverty and lower widows’ benefits…
There is a war going on in this country and I am not referring to the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. I…
Speech to the US Senate…
The American people are hurting. As a result of the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street, millions of Americans have…
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is an unmitigated disaster. Its full consequences will not be known for decades.…
The United States is in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Millions of Americans continue to lose their…
As the Bush administration sputters to an end, the official unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent in October, and the…