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Oct. 18, 2016
Sanders: Benefit Increase Too Small for Americans Relying on Social Security
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 3, 2016
WCAX - Welch Touts Simpler Federal College Financial Aid Application
Sen. Peter Welch
Sept. 28, 2016
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Issue Joint Statement On Rutland's Designation As A Refugee Resettlement Site
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 21, 2016
Letter to Mr. William J. Carr III, CEO/CIO of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust - Requesting Information on the Diversity of Asset Managers
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 15, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, US Senate - Reject Efforts to Block Corporate Political Spending Disclosure
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 5, 2016
Leahy, Sanders, Welch, Shumlin Announce $1.2 M. In U.S. Aid To VT's N. Border Communities
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 2, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Revise SNAP Rule
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2016
Welch Announces Legislation to Make Summer Meals More Available to Kids in Need
Sen. Peter Welch
July 15, 2016
Sanders Praises Senate Action to Modernize Programs That Help Low-Income Renters
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2016
Letter to Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare-and Medicaid Services - Update Current Lead Screening Policy to Protect Children from Lead Hazards, Prevent Life-Long Health Effects
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 14, 2016
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - As Congress Clears Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Bill, Reed Calls for Emergency Funding for Opioid Epidemic
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 13, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Mitch McConnell. Majority Leader, United States Senate - Commit to Passing Real, Immediate Funding to Fight Opioid and Heroin Epidemic and Actually Carry Out Programs Authorized in CARA Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 7, 2016
Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Vermont Nets $1.3 Million For Super-Size Culvert Under U.S. Route 7 In Brandon, In Latest Post-Irene Mitigation Grant From FEMA
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 30, 2016
Senators Introduce Legislation to Restore Educational Opportunity for Incarcerated Americans
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 29, 2016
Leahy, Sanders, Welch Announce $2.1 million in AmeriCorps Funding for Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 29, 2016
Sanders Statement Opposing Puerto Rico Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 28, 2016
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 22, 2016
Energy & Commerce Democrats Denounce Republicans' Medicaid Proposal
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 22, 2016
Sanders: Strengthen Social Security
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 16, 2016
Sanders Announces $1 Million to Expand Dental Care at Vermont Health Centers
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2016
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017
Sen. Peter Welch
June 2, 2016
Hurricane Damage Costs Will Skyrocket Due to Climate Change, New Report Finds
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 1, 2016
Sanders Applauds Obama Support for Expanding Social Security
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 25, 2016
Letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - Warner & Kaine Join Colleagues In Calling For Action On Miners' Pensions
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 25, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Michael Froman, United States Trade Representative - Clarify Position on Compulsory Licensing for Generic Medicines in Colombia
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 24, 2016
Vermont Firefighters Receive Nearly $700,000 in Federal Grants
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 24, 2016
TSCA Modernization Act of 2015
Sen. Peter Welch
May 24, 2016
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
Sen. Peter Welch
May 17, 2016
Providing for Consideration of H.R. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Sen. Peter Welch
May 16, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives - Emergency Funding for Zika Virus
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Chairman John Kline, Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Todd Rokita, Chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, Ranking Member Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Ranking Member Marica L. Fudge, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education - WIC Reauthorization
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 14, 2016
Sanders Presses McConnell to Save Coal Miners' Pensions
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 13, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Antiquities Act Protection for FY 2017
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Support for New CMS Medicare Part B Demonstration Project
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 4, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Consider Emergency Funding To Address Opioid And Heroin Epidemic
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 26, 2016
Leahy, Sanders and Welch Joint Statement On Rutland Vermont Welcoming 100 Syrian Refugees
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 26, 2016
Leahy, Sanders and Welch Joint Statement On Rutland Vermont Welcoming 100 Syrian Refugees
Sen. Peter Welch
April 25, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jerry Moran, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Jeff Merkley, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Kaine Calls For Testing Of Lead Levels In School Drinking Water
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 18, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Call for Immediate Passage of President's Emergency Funding Request
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 4, 2016
Low-Income Americans are Dying Young and Losing Out on Earned Social Security Benefits, GAO Finds
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 29, 2016
Letter to the Hon. John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Hon. Richard Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Defense; Hon. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; the Hon. Pete Visclosky, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Defense - Request for Additional Black Hawks in President's Budget
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 24, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman and The Honorable Rosa Delauro, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations - Minority AIDS Initiative
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 24, 2016
Letter to The Honorable John Culberson, Chairman and The Honorable Mike Honda, Acting Ranking Member, Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee - Alzheimer's Programs
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 24, 2016
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Commend The Social Security Administration For New Steps To Treat Same-Sex Couples Fairly
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations Subcomittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable John Culbertson, Chairman of the Subcomittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Michael M. Honda, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Computer Science for All Funding
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 22, 2016
Letter to Chairman Ken Calvert and Ranking Member Betty McCollum of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Fully Fund the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 18, 2016
Letter to John Boozman, Chairman and Chris Coons, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 18, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education - Computer Science Funding
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 18, 2016
Sanders, Murphy Introduce Bill to Provide Retirement for Family Caregivers
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 17, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Lisa Murkowski, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environmental and Related Agencies; the Hon. Tom Udall, Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - WIFIA Funding
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Date
Title
Politician
Oct. 18, 2016
Sanders: Benefit Increase Too Small for Americans Relying on Social Security
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 3, 2016
WCAX - Welch Touts Simpler Federal College Financial Aid Application
Sen.Peter Welch
Sept. 28, 2016
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Issue Joint Statement On Rutland's Designation As A Refugee Resettlement Site
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 21, 2016
Letter to Mr. William J. Carr III, CEO/CIO of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust - Requesting Information on the Diversity of Asset Managers
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 15, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, US Senate - Reject Efforts to Block Corporate Political Spending Disclosure
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 5, 2016
Leahy, Sanders, Welch, Shumlin Announce $1.2 M. In U.S. Aid To VT's N. Border Communities
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 2, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Revise SNAP Rule
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2016
Welch Announces Legislation to Make Summer Meals More Available to Kids in Need
Sen.Peter Welch
July 15, 2016
Sanders Praises Senate Action to Modernize Programs That Help Low-Income Renters
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2016
Letter to Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare-and Medicaid Services - Update Current Lead Screening Policy to Protect Children from Lead Hazards, Prevent Life-Long Health Effects
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 14, 2016
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - As Congress Clears Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Bill, Reed Calls for Emergency Funding for Opioid Epidemic
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 13, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Mitch McConnell. Majority Leader, United States Senate - Commit to Passing Real, Immediate Funding to Fight Opioid and Heroin Epidemic and Actually Carry Out Programs Authorized in CARA Bill
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 7, 2016
Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Vermont Nets $1.3 Million For Super-Size Culvert Under U.S. Route 7 In Brandon, In Latest Post-Irene Mitigation Grant From FEMA
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 30, 2016
Senators Introduce Legislation to Restore Educational Opportunity for Incarcerated Americans
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 29, 2016
Leahy, Sanders, Welch Announce $2.1 million in AmeriCorps Funding for Vermont
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 29, 2016
Sanders Statement Opposing Puerto Rico Bill
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 28, 2016
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 22, 2016
Energy & Commerce Democrats Denounce Republicans' Medicaid Proposal
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 22, 2016
Sanders: Strengthen Social Security
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 16, 2016
Sanders Announces $1 Million to Expand Dental Care at Vermont Health Centers
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2016
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017
Sen.Peter Welch
June 2, 2016
Hurricane Damage Costs Will Skyrocket Due to Climate Change, New Report Finds
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 1, 2016
Sanders Applauds Obama Support for Expanding Social Security
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 25, 2016
Letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - Warner & Kaine Join Colleagues In Calling For Action On Miners' Pensions
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 25, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Michael Froman, United States Trade Representative - Clarify Position on Compulsory Licensing for Generic Medicines in Colombia
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 24, 2016
Vermont Firefighters Receive Nearly $700,000 in Federal Grants
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 24, 2016
TSCA Modernization Act of 2015
Sen.Peter Welch
May 24, 2016
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
Sen.Peter Welch
May 17, 2016
Providing for Consideration of H.R. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Sen.Peter Welch
May 16, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives - Emergency Funding for Zika Virus
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Chairman John Kline, Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Todd Rokita, Chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, Ranking Member Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Ranking Member Marica L. Fudge, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education - WIC Reauthorization
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 14, 2016
Sanders Presses McConnell to Save Coal Miners' Pensions
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 13, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Antiquities Act Protection for FY 2017
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Support for New CMS Medicare Part B Demonstration Project
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 4, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Consider Emergency Funding To Address Opioid And Heroin Epidemic
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 26, 2016
Leahy, Sanders and Welch Joint Statement On Rutland Vermont Welcoming 100 Syrian Refugees
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 26, 2016
Leahy, Sanders and Welch Joint Statement On Rutland Vermont Welcoming 100 Syrian Refugees
Sen.Peter Welch
April 25, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jerry Moran, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Jeff Merkley, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Kaine Calls For Testing Of Lead Levels In School Drinking Water
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 18, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Call for Immediate Passage of President's Emergency Funding Request
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 4, 2016
Low-Income Americans are Dying Young and Losing Out on Earned Social Security Benefits, GAO Finds
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 29, 2016
Letter to the Hon. John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Hon. Richard Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Defense; Hon. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; the Hon. Pete Visclosky, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Defense - Request for Additional Black Hawks in President's Budget
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 24, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman and The Honorable Rosa Delauro, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations - Minority AIDS Initiative
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 24, 2016
Letter to The Honorable John Culberson, Chairman and The Honorable Mike Honda, Acting Ranking Member, Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee - Alzheimer's Programs
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 24, 2016
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Commend The Social Security Administration For New Steps To Treat Same-Sex Couples Fairly
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations Subcomittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable John Culbertson, Chairman of the Subcomittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Michael M. Honda, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Computer Science for All Funding
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 22, 2016
Letter to Chairman Ken Calvert and Ranking Member Betty McCollum of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Fully Fund the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 18, 2016
Letter to John Boozman, Chairman and Chris Coons, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 18, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education - Computer Science Funding
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 18, 2016
Sanders, Murphy Introduce Bill to Provide Retirement for Family Caregivers
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 17, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Lisa Murkowski, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environmental and Related Agencies; the Hon. Tom Udall, Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - WIFIA Funding
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
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