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Sen. Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history. Elected Mayor of Burlington, Vt., by 10 votes in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermont’s at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York. Read more at his website.

 

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  • 26 Jan 11

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    Organizing Help Wanted

    We must defend America's middle class before millionaires and billionaires own the entire country. more »

  • 13 Sep 07

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    Earth to Bush

    While the prez pats himself on the back, 5 million more Americans have slipped into poverty, hunger and homelessness more »

  • 08 Mar 07

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    Which Side Are We On?

    In early February, President Bush told a group of Wall Street executives that "income inequality is real; it's more »

  • 10 May 05

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    Remote Control

    In his 2004 inaugural address, President Bush spoke repeatedly about the need to bring freedom and liberty to the more »

  • 08 Mar 05

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    An Indecent Act

    On February 16, the House passed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 (H.R. 310) by a vote of 389 to 38. more »

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