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Aug. 2, 2022 Pact Act of 2022 Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 2, 2022 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 2, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Applauds Passage of Major Legislation to Support Vermont's Veterans Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 2, 2022 Tweet - "The 700-page so-called Inflation Reduction Act, after months of secret negotiations, became public late last week. Now is the time for every member of the Senate to study this bill thoroughly and to come up with amendments and suggestions as to how we can improve it." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 2, 2022 Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Schakowsky, Lee, Blumenthal, and Booker Lead Colleagues in Pressing Federal Agencies to Reinforce Helms Amendment Exceptions to Countries and Organizations That Receive U.S. Foreign Assistance Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 2, 2022 Letter to U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan - DeLauro, Warren Call for Better Engagement with Congress, Public on Proposed Indo-Pacific and Americas Trade Deals, No TPP 2.0 Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 1, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Durbin, Warnock, Senate Democrats Call on Biden Administration to Increase the Rate of Refugee Admissions Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 31, 2022 Tweet - "I say to Senator Toomey, if you don't believe we can afford to take care of our veterans suffering from toxic burn pit exposure, then you should not have approved funding to go to war. Taking care of our veterans is the cost of war -- period. End of discussion." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 30, 2022 Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Merkley, Wyden Join Murray in Letter to VA Secretary Urging End Discrimination against Same-Sex Spouses Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 29, 2022 Letter to Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Quigley Urges Swifter Phase Out of Single-use Plastics in National Parks Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 29, 2022 Tweet - "While you were feeling pain at the pump, Shell, Exxon, and Chevron raked in $46 BILLION in profits over the last three months and said they would spend up to $47 billion on stock buybacks after spending $18.8 billion so far this year. Yes, it's time for a windfall profits tax." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 28, 2022 Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 28, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Urging Biden Administration to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 27, 2022 Letter to Dianne Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development - Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Climate Crisis in Letter Requesting Appropriated Funds to Support President Biden's Use of the Defense Production Act Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 27, 2022 Tweet - "LIVE: My colleagues often say they're concerned about the deficit. Well, if they're really concerned, let us not give a $76 billion blank check to the highly profitable microchip industry with no protections at all for the American taxpayer." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 27, 2022 Budgetary Revisions Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 26, 2022 Tweet - "When it comes to giving blank checks to profitable microchip companies, some of my colleagues think we should just "join the club" and do what other countries are doing. Well, there are a few other clubs I think we should join instead." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 26, 2022 The Hon. Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Director for the CDC - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues Sounding Alarm on Monkeypox Outbreak, Highlighting Inequities of Vaccine Access Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 26, 2022 Letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Miller, Schneider, Colleagues Urge Administration to Ensure Financial Certainty, Protect Hospitals from Economic Impacts of COVID-19, Inflation Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 25, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 25, 2022 Letter to Tae Johnson, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Cardin, Murray, Colleagues Call on Prison and Immigration Officials to Improve Availability of COVID-19 Therapeutics Among Detainees Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 25, 2022 Tweet - "LIVE: Some of my colleagues in the Senate want to give in to the extortion of the microchip industry and hand them a $76 billion blank check. I say instead let's enact the agenda the American people want." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 25, 2022 Tweet - "Today at 4:30pm ET, I'll be on the floor of the Senate to once again talk about legislation that hands a $76 billion blank check to the microchip industry. Yes. We need to rebuild the microchip industry, but not in in a way that just benefits profitable corporations." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 23, 2022 Tweet - "Republicans talk about the cost of a Green New Deal. Really? If left unchecked, climate change, according to Deloitte, could cost the global economy $178 trillion over the next 50 years. Droughts, floods, extreme weather are expensive. Inaction is not a moral or economic option." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 22, 2022 Tweet - "Pharma is spending millions to defeat a very modest drug pricing bill. Intel is spending millions to get a $20 billion handout. Joe Manchin, who is blocking climate action, is the major recipient of fossil fuel campaign contributions. This is how a corrupt political system works." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 22, 2022 Letter to Martha Williams, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service - Booker Leads Colleagues in Calling for Ban of Agricultural Pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 22, 2022 Letter to The Honorable Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of Department of Health and Human Services, Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - "King Sounds Alarm On Monkeypox Outbreak, Calls for Action on Vaccine Distribution" Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 22, 2022 Tweet - "Unbelievable! Not only are Republicans anti-choice but almost all of them in the House just voted against Americans, women and men, having the right to contraception. While the whole world laughs, they want to take us back to the 1800s. Ain't gonna happen." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 22, 2022 Tweet - "A worker today would need to make nearly 3 times the minimum wage in order to afford an average one-bedroom apartment. That makes no sense to me, nor do I think it makes sense to the American people." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 21, 2022 Vote Explanation Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 21, 2022 Letter to Michael Conner, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works - Merkley Leads Colleagues in Urging End of Fast-tracking Oil and Gas Infrastructure Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "A worker today earning the federal minimum wage makes $1,257 a month. The median rent for an apartment today is $1,362 a month. Addressing the needs of the American people is not radical. What's radical is doing nothing while families struggle." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Urging Climate Emergency Declaration Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Reps. Barragán, Chu, Kelly, and Schakowsky Lead Letter to Leadership Advocating for Provisions To Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 19, 2022 Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency - Collins, King, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration Help Lower Energy Costs by Increasing Biodiesel Volumes Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Hon. Michael Regan, Administrator of the EPA - Klobuchar, Grassley, Murray, Thune Lead Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Increase Biodiesel Volumes, Provide Certainty to Producers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Tweet - "Record heatwaves worldwide. Hospitalizations, injuries, and deaths. Crops destroyed. Fires raging. Some say bold climate action is "expensive." Compared to what?" Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2022 Letter to the Honorable Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary of U.S. Department of State - "Reps. Grijalva, Wild and 21 Members Urge State Department to Call for Independent Investigation into Murders of Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira" Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 19, 2022 -9999 Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "Sen. Manchin is intentionally sabotaging the President's agenda, what the American people want, and what the majority of us in the Democratic caucus want. He is not interested in representing the needs of the working class of this country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022 LARSON, SANDERS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY AFTER GAO REPORT SERIES SHOWS HARMFUL DELAYS IN DISABILITY APPEALS Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Congressmen Krishnamoorthi And Blumenauer Call On Biden Administration To Scale-Up Response To Global Food Insecurity Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, and Right Hon. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Baldwin, Pocan, Ali Lead 52 Members of Congress and British Parliamentarians in Calling on U.S. and U.K. to Curb Human Rights Abuses in Egypt Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "Yesterday, I met with a few brave human rights activists from the Middle East. Here's what they had to say." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Date Title Politician
Aug. 2, 2022 Pact Act of 2022 Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 2, 2022 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 2, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Applauds Passage of Major Legislation to Support Vermont's Veterans Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 2, 2022 Tweet - "The 700-page so-called Inflation Reduction Act, after months of secret negotiations, became public late last week. Now is the time for every member of the Senate to study this bill thoroughly and to come up with amendments and suggestions as to how we can improve it." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 2, 2022 Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Schakowsky, Lee, Blumenthal, and Booker Lead Colleagues in Pressing Federal Agencies to Reinforce Helms Amendment Exceptions to Countries and Organizations That Receive U.S. Foreign Assistance Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 2, 2022 Letter to U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan - DeLauro, Warren Call for Better Engagement with Congress, Public on Proposed Indo-Pacific and Americas Trade Deals, No TPP 2.0 Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 1, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Durbin, Warnock, Senate Democrats Call on Biden Administration to Increase the Rate of Refugee Admissions Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 31, 2022 Tweet - "I say to Senator Toomey, if you don't believe we can afford to take care of our veterans suffering from toxic burn pit exposure, then you should not have approved funding to go to war. Taking care of our veterans is the cost of war -- period. End of discussion." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 30, 2022 Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Merkley, Wyden Join Murray in Letter to VA Secretary Urging End Discrimination against Same-Sex Spouses Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 29, 2022 Letter to Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Quigley Urges Swifter Phase Out of Single-use Plastics in National Parks Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 29, 2022 Tweet - "While you were feeling pain at the pump, Shell, Exxon, and Chevron raked in $46 BILLION in profits over the last three months and said they would spend up to $47 billion on stock buybacks after spending $18.8 billion so far this year. Yes, it's time for a windfall profits tax." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 28, 2022 Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 28, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Urging Biden Administration to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 27, 2022 Letter to Dianne Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development - Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Climate Crisis in Letter Requesting Appropriated Funds to Support President Biden's Use of the Defense Production Act Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 27, 2022 Tweet - "LIVE: My colleagues often say they're concerned about the deficit. Well, if they're really concerned, let us not give a $76 billion blank check to the highly profitable microchip industry with no protections at all for the American taxpayer." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 27, 2022 Budgetary Revisions Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 26, 2022 Tweet - "When it comes to giving blank checks to profitable microchip companies, some of my colleagues think we should just "join the club" and do what other countries are doing. Well, there are a few other clubs I think we should join instead." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 26, 2022 The Hon. Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Director for the CDC - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues Sounding Alarm on Monkeypox Outbreak, Highlighting Inequities of Vaccine Access Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 26, 2022 Letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Miller, Schneider, Colleagues Urge Administration to Ensure Financial Certainty, Protect Hospitals from Economic Impacts of COVID-19, Inflation Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 25, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 25, 2022 Letter to Tae Johnson, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Cardin, Murray, Colleagues Call on Prison and Immigration Officials to Improve Availability of COVID-19 Therapeutics Among Detainees Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 25, 2022 Tweet - "LIVE: Some of my colleagues in the Senate want to give in to the extortion of the microchip industry and hand them a $76 billion blank check. I say instead let's enact the agenda the American people want." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 25, 2022 Tweet - "Today at 4:30pm ET, I'll be on the floor of the Senate to once again talk about legislation that hands a $76 billion blank check to the microchip industry. Yes. We need to rebuild the microchip industry, but not in in a way that just benefits profitable corporations." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 23, 2022 Tweet - "Republicans talk about the cost of a Green New Deal. Really? If left unchecked, climate change, according to Deloitte, could cost the global economy $178 trillion over the next 50 years. Droughts, floods, extreme weather are expensive. Inaction is not a moral or economic option." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 22, 2022 Tweet - "Pharma is spending millions to defeat a very modest drug pricing bill. Intel is spending millions to get a $20 billion handout. Joe Manchin, who is blocking climate action, is the major recipient of fossil fuel campaign contributions. This is how a corrupt political system works." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 22, 2022 Letter to Martha Williams, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service - Booker Leads Colleagues in Calling for Ban of Agricultural Pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 22, 2022 Letter to The Honorable Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of Department of Health and Human Services, Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - "King Sounds Alarm On Monkeypox Outbreak, Calls for Action on Vaccine Distribution" Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 22, 2022 Tweet - "Unbelievable! Not only are Republicans anti-choice but almost all of them in the House just voted against Americans, women and men, having the right to contraception. While the whole world laughs, they want to take us back to the 1800s. Ain't gonna happen." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 22, 2022 Tweet - "A worker today would need to make nearly 3 times the minimum wage in order to afford an average one-bedroom apartment. That makes no sense to me, nor do I think it makes sense to the American people." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 21, 2022 Vote Explanation Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 21, 2022 Letter to Michael Conner, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works - Merkley Leads Colleagues in Urging End of Fast-tracking Oil and Gas Infrastructure Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "A worker today earning the federal minimum wage makes $1,257 a month. The median rent for an apartment today is $1,362 a month. Addressing the needs of the American people is not radical. What's radical is doing nothing while families struggle." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Urging Climate Emergency Declaration Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Reps. Barragán, Chu, Kelly, and Schakowsky Lead Letter to Leadership Advocating for Provisions To Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 19, 2022 Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency - Collins, King, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration Help Lower Energy Costs by Increasing Biodiesel Volumes Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Hon. Michael Regan, Administrator of the EPA - Klobuchar, Grassley, Murray, Thune Lead Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Increase Biodiesel Volumes, Provide Certainty to Producers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Tweet - "Record heatwaves worldwide. Hospitalizations, injuries, and deaths. Crops destroyed. Fires raging. Some say bold climate action is "expensive." Compared to what?" Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2022 Letter to the Honorable Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary of U.S. Department of State - "Reps. Grijalva, Wild and 21 Members Urge State Department to Call for Independent Investigation into Murders of Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira" Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 19, 2022 -9999 Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "Sen. Manchin is intentionally sabotaging the President's agenda, what the American people want, and what the majority of us in the Democratic caucus want. He is not interested in representing the needs of the working class of this country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022 LARSON, SANDERS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY AFTER GAO REPORT SERIES SHOWS HARMFUL DELAYS IN DISABILITY APPEALS Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Congressmen Krishnamoorthi And Blumenauer Call On Biden Administration To Scale-Up Response To Global Food Insecurity Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, and Right Hon. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Baldwin, Pocan, Ali Lead 52 Members of Congress and British Parliamentarians in Calling on U.S. and U.K. to Curb Human Rights Abuses in Egypt Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "Yesterday, I met with a few brave human rights activists from the Middle East. Here's what they had to say." Sen.Bernie Sanders
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