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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 25, 2025

You know, there’s a thing called love, right? ... To be human, nobody wants to be alone.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 25, 2025

We are trying to raise the minimum wage to $17 an hour.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 25, 2025

We cannot allow Republicans to take healthcare away from 16 million Americans in order to pay for more tax breaks to billionaires.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 25, 2025

Not only would this disastrous and deeply immoral bill throw 16 million people off of their healthcare and lead to over 50,000 unnecessary deaths every year, it would create a national healthcare emergency in America.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jun 23, 2025

there is time to kill this bill, and I hope we do. You know, as my colleague from Hawaii just said, what is happening in this bill is the infliction of bipartisan suffering, whether it is in the State of Vermont or the State of West…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Jun 23, 2025

Mr. Speaker, before I get to the specifics of this bill, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to Congressman Ritchie Torres who has been an outstanding co-lead and steadfast advocate for the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act. This has been a…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 22, 2025

The U.S. faces enormous problems here at home, which we must address. We cannot allow ourselves to be dragged into another Middle East war based on lies.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 22, 2025

All of you know that the only entity that can take this country to war is the U.S. Congress. The president does not have the right.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 22, 2025

And I want to tell you something, not only is this news, that I've just heard...It is so grossly unconstitutional.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 22, 2025

Any unilateral attack on Iran without congressional approval would be unconstitutional.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 21, 2025

The only entity that can take this country to war is the U.S. Congress. The president does not have the right.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 19, 2025

Netanyahu was wrong regarding the war in Iraq. He is wrong now. We must not get involved in Netanyahu's war against Iran.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 19, 2025

If your argument is that Trump is an authoritarian danger to democracy but sure, let's follow him into another war, you are a complete fraud.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 19, 2025

No federal funds may be obligated or expended for any use of military force in or against Iran unless Congress declares war or enacts specific statutory authorization for such use of military force.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 19, 2025

This is the same old story of the billionaire establishment supporting Cuomo; and it’s a grassroots movement supporting Zohran.

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