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Feb. 9, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Schatz Leads Group Of 10 Senators In Urging Biden To Step Up Efforts To Demilitarize Police
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 4, 2022
Letter to Hon. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Hon. Rochelle P. Walensky, Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - REPS. MONDAIRE JONES AND RITCHIE TORRES LEAD COLLEAGUES IN URGING CDC AND CMS TO MAKE INJECTABLE HIV PREVENTION DRUG FREE
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 28, 2022
Tweet - "The United States is the only major country on Earth not to guarantee paid family and medical leave. 73% of the American people want that to change. What are we waiting for?"
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - VAN HOLLEN, MENENDEZ, COLLEAGUES SOUND ALARM FOLLOWING REPORTS OF HIGH DENIAL RATES FOR AT-RISK AFGHANS SEEKING HUMANITARIAN PAROLE INTO U.S.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Duckworth Joins Chairman Menendez, Colleagues in Sounding Alarm Following Reports of High Denial Rates for at-risk Afghans Applying for Humanitarian Parole Into U.S.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 18, 2022
Tweet - "Since June of last year, 17 states have enacted 28 new laws that restrict voting access. Let's be clear. If we are serious about calling ourselves a democracy, we must make it easier for people to vote -- not harder."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 18, 2022
Tweet - "Tomorrow, the Senate is going to be casting an enormously important vote about whether we preserve the foundations of democracy. As of now, two Democrats will join the Republicans to vote against us and we will lose that vote. Let me tell you why I hope they change their minds."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 17, 2022
Tweet - "As the voting rights bill finally comes to the floor of the Senate, there is only one vote which will really matter. Will 50 Democrats vote to override the filibuster, protect American democracy and pass the bill, or will Manchin and Sinema vote with the GOP and let the bill die?"
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 17, 2022
Tweet - "As we celebrate the extraordinary life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., let us not just celebrate the man, but remember the values and vision that motivated him."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 12, 2022
Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security and Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Gillibrand Joins Senate Dems Calling For TPS Designations For El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 11, 2022
Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security and Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - SFRC Chairman Menendez Leads Senate Dems in Calling for TPS Designations for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 11, 2022
Sanders Statement on Medicare Limiting Coverage for Alzheimer's Drug
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 26, 2021
Tweet - "Archbishop Tutu helped end apartheid in South Africa by reminding us, "if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." We remember this hero as we continue the work for equality and justice".
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 23, 2021
Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith Push HHS to Help Protect Families This Winter During Energy Crisis
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 21, 2021
Van Hollen, Warren, Baldwin, Maloney Reintroduce Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 20, 2021
Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security -
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 20, 2021
Letter to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Hon. Ur Jaddou, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Senator Markey and Rep. Moulton Lead Bicameral Group of Colleagues With Concerns About Restrictive and Inconsistent Afghan Humanitarian Parole Process
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2021
Baldwin, Warren, Maloney Lead More than 100 Democrats in Senate and House in Reintroducing Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 15, 2021
Letter to Hon. Deb Haaland, Secretary Dept. of Interior - Bipartisan Delegation Seeks Emergency ESA Gray Wolf Listing Protections
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 14, 2021
Booker, Cardin, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Create Special Envoy to Monitor and Address Islamophobia
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 14, 2021
Tweet - "Today we remember the unspeakable tragedy that stole the lives of 20 children and 6 educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. We cannot continue to allow sickening and senseless gun violence in this country. The time for Congress to act is long overdue."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 14, 2021
Tweet - "We need leadership at the FDA that is finally willing to stand up to the greed and power of the pharmaceutical industry. In this critical moment, Dr. Califf is not the leader Americans need at the agency and I will oppose his nomination."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 13, 2021
Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Menendez and Booker Join Coalition of Democratic Senators in Call to Ensure All Eligible New Jersey Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS, Hickenlooper, Bennet Join Murray, Wyden, and Colleagues in Call to Ensure All Eligible Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 7, 2021
Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader US Senate - Keep Affordable Insulin Measures in Build Back Better Act
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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Politician
Feb. 9, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Schatz Leads Group Of 10 Senators In Urging Biden To Step Up Efforts To Demilitarize Police
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 4, 2022
Letter to Hon. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Hon. Rochelle P. Walensky, Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - REPS. MONDAIRE JONES AND RITCHIE TORRES LEAD COLLEAGUES IN URGING CDC AND CMS TO MAKE INJECTABLE HIV PREVENTION DRUG FREE
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 28, 2022
Tweet - "The United States is the only major country on Earth not to guarantee paid family and medical leave. 73% of the American people want that to change. What are we waiting for?"
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - VAN HOLLEN, MENENDEZ, COLLEAGUES SOUND ALARM FOLLOWING REPORTS OF HIGH DENIAL RATES FOR AT-RISK AFGHANS SEEKING HUMANITARIAN PAROLE INTO U.S.
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Duckworth Joins Chairman Menendez, Colleagues in Sounding Alarm Following Reports of High Denial Rates for at-risk Afghans Applying for Humanitarian Parole Into U.S.
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 18, 2022
Tweet - "Since June of last year, 17 states have enacted 28 new laws that restrict voting access. Let's be clear. If we are serious about calling ourselves a democracy, we must make it easier for people to vote -- not harder."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 18, 2022
Tweet - "Tomorrow, the Senate is going to be casting an enormously important vote about whether we preserve the foundations of democracy. As of now, two Democrats will join the Republicans to vote against us and we will lose that vote. Let me tell you why I hope they change their minds."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 17, 2022
Tweet - "As the voting rights bill finally comes to the floor of the Senate, there is only one vote which will really matter. Will 50 Democrats vote to override the filibuster, protect American democracy and pass the bill, or will Manchin and Sinema vote with the GOP and let the bill die?"
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 17, 2022
Tweet - "As we celebrate the extraordinary life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., let us not just celebrate the man, but remember the values and vision that motivated him."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 12, 2022
Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security and Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Gillibrand Joins Senate Dems Calling For TPS Designations For El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 11, 2022
Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security and Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - SFRC Chairman Menendez Leads Senate Dems in Calling for TPS Designations for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 11, 2022
Sanders Statement on Medicare Limiting Coverage for Alzheimer's Drug
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 26, 2021
Tweet - "Archbishop Tutu helped end apartheid in South Africa by reminding us, "if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." We remember this hero as we continue the work for equality and justice".
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 23, 2021
Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith Push HHS to Help Protect Families This Winter During Energy Crisis
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 21, 2021
Van Hollen, Warren, Baldwin, Maloney Reintroduce Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 20, 2021
Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security -
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 20, 2021
Letter to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Hon. Ur Jaddou, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Senator Markey and Rep. Moulton Lead Bicameral Group of Colleagues With Concerns About Restrictive and Inconsistent Afghan Humanitarian Parole Process
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2021
Baldwin, Warren, Maloney Lead More than 100 Democrats in Senate and House in Reintroducing Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 15, 2021
Letter to Hon. Deb Haaland, Secretary Dept. of Interior - Bipartisan Delegation Seeks Emergency ESA Gray Wolf Listing Protections
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 14, 2021
Booker, Cardin, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Create Special Envoy to Monitor and Address Islamophobia
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 14, 2021
Tweet - "Today we remember the unspeakable tragedy that stole the lives of 20 children and 6 educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. We cannot continue to allow sickening and senseless gun violence in this country. The time for Congress to act is long overdue."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 14, 2021
Tweet - "We need leadership at the FDA that is finally willing to stand up to the greed and power of the pharmaceutical industry. In this critical moment, Dr. Califf is not the leader Americans need at the agency and I will oppose his nomination."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 13, 2021
Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Menendez and Booker Join Coalition of Democratic Senators in Call to Ensure All Eligible New Jersey Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS, Hickenlooper, Bennet Join Murray, Wyden, and Colleagues in Call to Ensure All Eligible Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 7, 2021
Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader US Senate - Keep Affordable Insulin Measures in Build Back Better Act
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
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