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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 27, 2026

In the 2024 elections, Elon Musk — the richest man in the world — spent at least $290 million to elect Trump, while the 100 richest billionaire families in the country spent $2.6 billion to elect the candidates of their choice.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· May 27, 2026

Being a journalist is more dangerous today than at any time in history.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 27, 2026

It is beyond unacceptable that President Trump is denying overtime pay to millions of workers who desperately need it to keep up with the outrageously high cost of living.

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Charity Clark
@charityclark· VT· May 27, 2026

that companies that choose to do business in Vermont, like Meta, can be held accountable when they harm kids.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 26, 2026

In America today, it is unacceptable that large, profitable corporations like Amazon are routinely violating our nation’s health and safety laws.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 26, 2026

It is outrageous that, while the billionaire class has never had it so good, one in five children will go hungry in America this year.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 26, 2026

At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, when over 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, it is beyond unacceptable that President Trump is denying overtime pay to millions of workers who desperately need it to keep up…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 26, 2026

You, as a citizen, get one vote. They, as oligarchs, get to buy the candidates. That’s not democracy.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 26, 2026

Graham understands... we are not going to let a handful of billionaires control the future of this country.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 26, 2026

I introduced legislation, which Graham will be by my side in fighting for, which says that we are going to impose a 5% annual wealth tax on 938 billionaires in America.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 26, 2026

You elect Graham Platner senator, you’re going to transform America.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· May 20, 2026

Our democracy depends ultimately on protecting and preserving the right of individual citizens to pick their politicians, not intensifying the control that politicians have about who the voters are that they will permit to be involved in…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· May 19, 2026

I want to put the decision also in a context of what the Supreme Court has been doing consistently since at least Bush v. Gore, and that is, on the one hand, they have been stripping the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate--the…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· May 15, 2026

I rise today to talk about money or, more specifically, cash. As many of you know, I, alongside my Democrat colleague Congressman Donald Norcross, have introduced the bipartisan Payment Choice Act of 2025, H.R. 1138. The bill is…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· May 15, 2026

I rise today to celebrate a remarkable achievement by the Sparta Warrior girls' basketball team from White County High School in Tennessee's Sixth Congressional District. This season, the Warriors advanced all the way to the 2026 TSSAA…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· May 14, 2026

multiple press articles and reports by human rights organizations, as well as United Nations human rights investigators, have documented widespread acts of horrific sexual violence against prisoners in the Middle East over many years…

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