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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 12, 2026

Mr. President, every single one of us--every Member of the U.S. Senate, my fellow Vermonters, all Americans, people around the world--are absolutely thrilled by the cease-fire in Gaza.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 12, 2026

If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling of their premiums in the Affordable Care Act.

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Eli Crane
@elicrane· Republican · VT· May 12, 2026

I want to reflect that I support this amendment and intended to vote YES.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 22, 2026

To reduce the price of prescription drugs in the United States by more than 50 percent by adopting Most Favored Nation drug pricing so that the American people pay no more for prescription drugs than Europeans or Canadians.

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Mar 31, 2026

Not ONE Republican senator went to the floor to put this DHS shutdown exactly where it belongs — on the Democrats.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 17, 2026

Jackson was a courageous civil rights leader who put his life on the line in the fight against segregation and racism.

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Feb 9, 2026

It includes commonsense solutions for building more homes, lowering costs, and giving more Americans dignity and stability.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 10, 2026

We cannot continue to allow big banks to make huge profits ripping off the American people.

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