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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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What Real Shared Sacrifice Looks Like
On Monday, June 27, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave the following speech in the U.S. Senate. Mr. President, more »
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Organizing Help Wanted
We must defend America's middle class before millionaires and billionaires own the entire country. more »
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Time to Save the Middle Class
Now is the time for President Barack Obama and Congress to take the bold steps necessary to reverse more »
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The Senate’s Reconcilable Differences
The United States is in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Millions of Americans more »
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The Failed Prophet
As Wall Street collapses, so does Milton Friedman’s legacy. more »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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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Ground Control to Mr. Bush
“There’s a trade deficit. That’s easy to resolve: People can buy more United States products if more »
