WASHINGTON, July 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday submitted formal comments to the Department of the Treasury on regulations issued to prevent corporate tax avoidance. The Treasury Department regulations, which were issued on April 4, effectively enforce the existing law that is meant to prevent corporate inversions and a tax dodge known as […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 – The Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee sent a letter to Chairman Mike Enzi today expressing their disappointment over the chairman’s unprecedented decision to not hold a hearing on the president’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. This is the first time in the committee’s history that it has not held a […]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on the bipartisan budget deal, which also raises the national borrowing limit until March 2017. “This is not the budget I would have written. It doesn’t ask the most profitable corporations and the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share in taxes and […]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, called today for immediate action to lift the debt ceiling and end across-the-board budget cuts. “At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, let’s work together on a budget that is fair,” Sanders said during a Budget Committee hearing. […]
Sanders Asks Treasury To Protect 10 Million Union Retirees WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called on the federal government to protect the pensions of up to 10 million retired union workers. Sanders, standing shoulder to shoulder with scores of retirees with vulnerable pensions, also vowed to work hard on winning support […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, called for the end of budget sequestration after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office projected enormous job losses for American workers if the arbitrary spending caps take effect as scheduled. “These arbitrary sequestration caps have never made any sense, and now we see even more […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after a group of economists hired by hedge fund managers suggested that the government of Puerto Rico lay off teachers and close schools to pay off debt. ”It is a moral outrage that hedge fund managers are calling […]
Sanders Backs 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act WASHINGTON, July 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that he is co-sponsoring a bill by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act. This important piece of legislation would prevent commercial banks from engaging in risky investment schemes that nearly destroyed the economy in 2008. “I […]
WASHINGTON, July 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) today joined with 70 other members of Congress in calling on President Obama to support expanding Social Security. The letter to the president came on the eve of a historic conference on aging, convened once every 10 years to get the entire […]
WASHINGTON, June 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to increase estate tax rates on the top three-tenths of one percent of Americans who inherit more than $3.5 million, while eliminating loopholes that have allowed the wealthiest Americans to avoid billions in taxes. Sanders said the legislation was needed to reduce the massive […]
Sanders Plan Restores Retirement Security to 10 Million Retirees WASHINGTON, June 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he’s working to win passage of a bill that reverses a proposal passed last year that could result in deep pension cuts for retirees and workers in multi-employer pension plans. Sanders said his plan will protect […]
WASHINGTON, May 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led an effort today to help low-wage federal contract workers get a pay raise. Sanders, joined by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and 16 other senators, wrote President Obama with a request that he ‘lead by example’ when it comes to paying federal contract workers by providing a […]
WASHINGTON, May 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution: “This Republican budget throws 27 million Americans off health insurance, slashes $5 trillion over the coming decade from programs that help working families, cuts taxes on the […]
The Republican Budget Conference Report: more tax breaks for millionaires; more pain for the middle class The Republican budget conference report moves this country in exactly the wrong direction. At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, it gives huge tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires, while making devastating cuts to education, Medicare, affordable […]
WASHINGTON, April 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today warned all 50 governors about the devastating cuts their states will face if the Republican budget plan becomes law. In a series of letters, Sanders explained what the cuts would mean for working families, the elderly, children, the sick and the poor if the budget blueprint […]
WASHINGTON, April 20 – As the Senate Budget Committee conference meets for the first time today, Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called the House and Senate budget resolutions a “total disaster” for the working families of our country. Sanders said: “Both the Senate and the House budget resolutions would make the rich richer and cause […]
WASHINGTON, April 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the House voted 240-179 to provide $269 billion in tax breaks for the families of the wealthiest 0.2 percent of Americans. “At a time of increasing inequality, it is beyond belief that Congress would provide hundreds of billions of dollars in […]
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 13 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he’s going outside the Capitol to hear from working-class Americans about how severe Republican budget cuts would affect their families, parents and health care. Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said he wants to provide a forum outside the rigid structure […]
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 10 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading an effort to call for a significant increase in funds to support expanded access to meals, transportation, family caregiver support and other programs for seniors funded by the Older Americans Act. Sanders wants a 12 percent increase in support for senior programs and […]
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Senate Budget Committee ranking member, today issued the following statement on new data showing the extent to which some American companies are avoiding taxes: “I applaud Citizens for Tax Justice for releasing new data today revealing the unfairness of our tax system and the fact […]
WASHINGTON, April 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, warned today that a proposed trade agreement appears to give other nations a dangerous legal advantage that could jeopardize America’s national security. Sanders said that newly released documents seem to show that the secretive trade deal among North American […]
New Sanders Report Shows Extent of Republican Budget Gimmicks WASHINGTON, March 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today released a blistering new report detailing how the Republican budget plan is based on budgetary gimmicks. “Instead of being honest and upfront about their goals, the Republicans have used […]
WASHINGTON, March 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today announced plans to demand Republicans pay for the additional $96 billion in military spending by voting on a new tax on millionaires. Sanders said his ‘war tax’ will be among the first votes facing Senators next week when […]
WASHINGTON, March 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, called it ‘morally repugnant’ that Republicans tonight rammed through a budget plan that protects tax breaks for the rich and large corporations while cutting benefits that millions of Americans rely on. “While the rich get richer and corporate profits […]
WASHINGTON, March 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today criticized a Republican budget proposal that he said will make devastating cuts to American families, children and seniors. Below are his remark as prepared for delivery: “Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing and we look forward […]
WASHINGTON, March 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today urged Republicans to work with the Democratic Caucus to produce a budget which represents the needs of the American middle class and not just the wealthiest and most powerful people in the country. Sanders said a sensible budget […]
WASHINGTON, March 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today announced historic legislation to both expand Social Security benefits while also securing the program for generations to come. The announcement came as Sanders and other senators received two million signatures from Americans opposed to Republican efforts to cut […]
WASHINGTON, March 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today laid out the middle class priorities Congress should be working on, rather than the Robin Hood in reverse budget Senate Republicans are expected to release. “In essence, what the debate over the budget will be about is whether […]