Sanders Calls Out Corporate Heads For Lobbying To Cut Social Security, Medicare While Extending Offshore Tax Breaks WASHINGTON, March 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today made a strong case for protecting retirement and health care for middle class Americans and he criticized corporate CEO’s for seeking […]
Sanders Tells DOD Fix Fraud & Waste Before Busting Spending Caps WASHINGTON, March 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said the Pentagon must corral wasteful spending before Congress approves additional spending levels for defense above the current law spending cap. Sanders, who has for years pressed the […]
Sanders Asks Obama to Close Six Egregious Corporate Tax Loopholes WASHINGTON, March 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said President Obama could act on his own to raise over $100 billion over a decade by closing the worst corporate tax loopholes. Sanders identified several actions that the […]
Senators to U.S. Trade Rep: End Trade Deal Secrecy WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, led a group of senators calling for an end to secret, back-room negotiations on a free trade agreement. A letter by Sanders signed by Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Al Franken […]
Sanders Statement on New CBO Director WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Senate Budget Committee ranking member, today issued the following statement on the appointment of Keith Hall to be the Congressional Budget Office director. “I look forward to working with Keith Hall in his new role as head of the Congressional […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today called on America’s leading corporations to stop sheltering profits in the Cayman Islands and other offshore tax havens. He also urged them to stop lobbying Congress for additional tax breaks as the Business Roundtable, an organization representing some […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said today that Congress should reallocate funds into the Social Security disability fund to prevent a manufactured crisis jeopardizing income for the most vulnerable. Sanders spoke at a Senate Budget Committee hearing to discuss the program. His remarks as […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today headlined an important briefing about wage inequality and its impact on Social Security. The event, hosted by the Strengthen Social Security Coalition, provided a venue for the release of a new report on the issue and a conversation […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said that he would fight Republican attempts to cut Social Security and today issued a report detailing the importance of Social Security and how attempts to cut it are unnecessary. “Republicans are manufacturing a phony crisis in Social Security […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today made the case against a proposed 12-nation trade deal that he said would be a “disaster” for American workers but good for multi-national corporations wanting to ship more jobs to low-wage nations in Asia. Sanders also criticized major national news organizations for ignoring how trade […]
Republicans Want to Cut Social Security Disability Benefits, Sanders Warns WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today warned in a Senate floor speech that “Republicans are manufacturing a crisis where none exists” in their effort to cut Social Security disability benefits. In the budget blueprint […]
WASHINGTON, DC., Feb. 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today spoke at a hearing on the president’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. Chairman, the good news is that our country has made substantial economic progress in the […]
WASHINGTON, DC., Feb. 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today spoke at a hearing on the president’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. Chairman, the good news is that our country has made substantial economic progress in the […]
BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement about President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016: “The president’s budget begins to move us in the right direction. By rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, we can create millions of good-paying jobs. By […]
Sanders, Murray & Other Senators Push For End to Overtime Rule to Protect Workers WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today asked President Obama to immediately make changes to labor laws that would end the practice of workers being denied overtime pay simply because they […]
Sanders Supports Move to End Artificial Spending Limits WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement about President Obama’s decision not to be constrained by the sequester caps when he submits his budget on Monday: “I support what the president has proposed […]
Sanders Spells Out 6 Key Points on For Restoring the Economy WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today opened his first hearing of the new Congress with a call for focusing on the needs of American families. His remarks as prepared for delivery follow: “Thank […]
Sanders Introduces Bill to Rebuild America’s Crumbling Infrastructure, Support 13 Million Jobs WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today introduced far-reaching legislation to rebuild America’s crumbling network of roads, bridges and transit. His 5-year-plan would invest $1 trillion in […]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today said that the Congressional Budget Office report on the budget and economic outlook only tells part of the story on the economy and the federal budget. He issued the following statement: “CBO’s report is important, but it only […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued a white payer laying out challenges that he said the Senate Budget Committee and the country must address. The report can be found below:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today joined six House leaders to state their strong opposition to a proposed trade agreement that they say was negotiated in secret and will hurt American workers. They promised to build a bipartisan coalition and work with organized […]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement tonight after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: “As President Obama indicated, our economy today is much stronger than it was six years ago. The bad news, however, is that millions of middle-class […]
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 18 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement on President Barack Obama’s proposals to raise taxes on the wealthiest taxpayers and the largest financial firms and cut taxes for working families: “At a time of obscene levels of income and […]
Sanders Spells out Priorities as Budget Ranking Member WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today warned against Republican efforts to cut Social Security and other programs that help working families. In remarks at a Capitol Hill news conference, Sanders warned that benefits for the disabled […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) released a memo to Senate Democrats on the updated fiscal outlook and its implications for the budget debate next year. The memo features new analysis from the Senate Budget Committee that shows the federal fiscal outlook has improved significantly. Specifically, the memo shows that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D., Wash.) and U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wisc.) announced the Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2014. The bill would establish a 15-member commission to study how best to expand the use of data to evaluate the effectiveness of […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on providing budget certainty in December: “My Republican colleagues often say they don’t want to kick the can down the road when it comes to the budget—but that’s exactly what a stopgap spending bill this December would mean,” said Senator […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s Monthly Budget Review for September 2014: “Today’s announcement from the Congressional Budget Office on the deficit for fiscal year 2014 offers more evidence that our fiscal outlook has continued to improve, with deficits falling by two-thirds in the last […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on the passage of a continuing resolution through December 11th, 2014 in the Senate. “When Chairman Ryan and I reached a two-year budget agreement last year, it was especially important to both of us that we stop the cycle […]
Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s update to the budget and economic outlook from 2014 to 2024: “Today’s CBO report is further evidence that our near-term budget outlook has improved significantly, with the deficit declining to one-third of where it was just a few […]