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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 20, 2022

A strong majority of the American people think we should cancel student debt. And if Senator Cruz and others want to challenge that, I think that’s going to hurt them politically.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 20, 2022

Last week, nearly 50 migrants who sought asylum and refuge in America were met with grossly un-American actions. Governor DeSantis deceived them and shipped them across the Nation, like chattel, to Martha's Vineyard all in search of hollow…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 20, 2022

Well, I would say that things are better than they were a few months ago.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 20, 2022

We need an economy that works for all of us. Unions are one vehicle that help people get decent wages and working conditions.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 20, 2022

You know, I have the radical idea that good policy is good politics. And it is good policy to cancel student debt in this country.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 20, 2022

I wish to submit to the Senate a budget scorekeeping report. The report, which covers fiscal year 2022, was prepared by my staff on the Budget Committee and the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 308(b) and in aid of section…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Sep 19, 2022

If the Senate doesn`t repair itself we are in deep trouble in this country.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Sep 15, 2022

on May 19, I echoed Secretary of State Blinken's call for an ``independent, credible investigation'' of the violent death of widely respected Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. At that time, several Members of Congress…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 14, 2022

This is up to the voters. If this goes down, it`s not going to be the Democrats` fault or even the Republicans` fault, it`s going to be the voters didn`t get out and stand up for themselves.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 14, 2022

I was not aware Senator Burr was a railroad worker, so let me, just to set the record straight, tell you what the railroad workers themselves understand the situation is. We might want to listen to those who live the experience. So let me…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 14, 2022

And I will object. Let me thank Senator Burr for actually reading my tweets. Much appreciated. Just a correction of the record. I think Senator Wicker mentioned before that a number of unions had approved this agreement. As I think…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 14, 2022

My understanding, I say to my colleague from Mississippi, is that as we speak, the Secretary of Labor is in a room-- or has been today, with management and labor in trying to forge an agreement. So what is going on right now is they are…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 14, 2022

You`ve got whack jobs telling all the women in the country they`re going to take their rights away from them. And it wasn`t enough to have the corrupt Supreme Court make the decision they did, and they are corrupt.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 14, 2022

It`s not just democracy that`s on the ballot, it`s our way of life.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 14, 2022

So, look, I`m against corporal punishment in middle school, but I think Carlson, DeSantis and Abbott ought to be turned over somebody`s knee and given a good spanking. This is beyond just being racist. These are ridiculous twits who are…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 14, 2022

I am really delighted that my colleague from Florida is suddenly concerned about transfers of wealth--I really am--because, as he may or may not know, over the last 30 years, there has been a massive transfer of wealth. The problem is, it…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 14, 2022

Well, you know, we`ve got about seven weeks before the election, and lots can happen in seven weeks, but I`d rather be a Democrat today than I would a Republican if I`m in this fight. You`ve got a president who has handled things really…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 14, 2022

We`re going to get a mandate to do that. We`re going to take the Senate, we`re going to hold the House, and in the next two years we`re going to have to straighten this country out.

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