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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 8, 2025

America must stop large corporations from moving jobs to 'low-wage countries.'

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 8, 2025

The oligarchs have unlimited amounts of money. They own the media, they have tremendous power over the political process.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 8, 2025

I think some of them are Republicans, some of them may be conservative Democrats.

slate.com
Becca Balint
@beccabalint· Democratic · VT· Apr 7, 2025

This week we learned that 75 percent of the men on that plane to El Salvador, the men who President Trump claimed were the worst of the worst, were, in fact, not hardened criminals. Are we surprised that it was another example of optics…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 7, 2025

We need a rational and well-thought-out trade policy, not arbitrary actions from the White House.

democracynow.org
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 4, 2025

Now is the time to address the crises facing working Americans. I ask for a ``yes'' vote. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Louisiana.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 4, 2025

This amendment is simple and straightforward. Millions of Americans today are working for starvation wages. What this amendment does is raise the Federal minimum wage from an embarrassingly low $7.25 an hour to a living wage of $17 an hour…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 3, 2025

I am really delighted to be here with my colleagues Senator Klobuchar and Senator Warnock. I know it is an incredibly important issue for all of America. It is not a red State, blue State situation. It is about something that is near and…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 3, 2025

I think Senator Risch and I live in parallel universes. The universe that I live in is a universe which says, yes, of course Israel has a right to defend itself against the horrific Hamas terrorist attack of October 7, 2023. No one debates…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 3, 2025

Instead of slashing Social Security’s staff, closing down Social Security field offices, we should be making it easier, not harder, for seniors and people with disabilities to receive the Social Security benefits that they have earned and…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 3, 2025

President Trump and Elon Musk have suggested that ‘millions and millions’ of dead people receive Social Security checks. That is an outrageous lie designed to undermine Americans’ faith in Social Security.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 3, 2025

I think we should rephrase it, call it a pseudo-democracy.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 2, 2025

I fully support the resolution of Senator Kaine, and I want to make three points. No. 1, should Congress continue to abdicate its constitutional responsibility, ceding it to the Executive? No. 2, I want to talk about the total…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 2, 2025

None of these systems are defensive, none of them are necessary to protect Israel from incoming drone or rocket attacks.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 2, 2025

All of these systems have been linked to dozens of illegal airstrikes, including on designated humanitarian sites, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 2, 2025

There is a name and a term for forcibly expelling people from where they live. It is called ethnic cleansing. It is illegal. It is a war crime.

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