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NEWS: Sanders to Force Votes to Block Arms Sales to Israel on Wednesday

Iran in an attempt to bypass the statutory congressional notification period and immediately transfer these weapons. Reliable human

NEW DEADLINE: Congressionally Directed Spending Applications

NEWS: Sanders Files Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to Block Nearly $660 Million in Bomb Sales to Israel

prices here at home. Trump not only disregarded Congressional authority to declare this war, he’s now bypassing

NEWS: Sanders, Welch, Balint Secure More than $100 Million for Vermont in Federal Funding Bills

critical needs across Vermont. The funding for these Congressionally Directed Spending projects, or “earmarks,” was included … million in federal funding on behalf of 69 Congressionally Directed Spending projects addressing critical needs across Vermont. That

ADVISORY: Sanders, Welch to Announce Millions in Federal Funding for Vermont

announce millions in federal funding that the Vermont congressional delegation secured for 69 Vermont projects addressing critical needs … last week. DetailsWhat:Press Conference with the Congressional Delegation to Announce Vermont CDS ProjectsWhen:Friday, February

Ranking Member Bernie Sanders Statement on Bipartisan Health Care Deal in New Minibus Funding Agreement

statement on the minibus agreement announced Monday by congressional leadership: Over the past several years

ADVISORY: Vermont Congressional Delegation to Celebrate Vermont’s U.S. Service Academy Nominees

applicants may qualify through other political sources, a congressional nomination is the most common. Graduates of the military … students were selected by members of Vermont’s congressional delegation. Their nominations have been submitted to the academies

NEWS: Sanders, HELP Committee Democrats Call on Cassidy to Hold Hearing on Trump’s Efforts to Dismantle Education Department

education programs out of the Education Department without congressional authority. Sanders and HELP Democrats said these actions represent

NEWS: Sanders Statement: This Is Where Authoritarianism Leads

will pay the same terrible price.NO WAR WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE AND APPROVAL

NEWS: Sanders Announces More Than $20 Million for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

furnaces and fuel tanks. Each year, the Vermont congressional delegation works to ensure this funding reaches Vermont

MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, Welch, Balint to Hold Telephone Town Hall as Vermonters Face Health Insurance Premium Hikes

throughthe registration form. During the call, the Vermont congressional delegation will respond to live questions from phone participants

NEWS: Sanders: Mr. President, the Ball is in Your Court

38th day of the government shutdown and as congressional Republicans refuse to come to the negotiating table

NEWS: Sanders, 31 Senators Call on Trump Administration to Restore Solar for All Program, Prevent Energy Cost Hikes

only unlawful — given this funding was congressionally appropriated and fully obligated — but also ill-timed. Energy bills

NEWS: Sanders Demands Bipartisan Investigation into Firing of CDC Director

Pensions (HELP) Committee, today called for a bipartisan congressional investigation into the recent firing of Centers for Disease

NEWS: Sanders, 10 Colleagues Demand Answers After Trump Halts Legally Mandated Student Debt Relief

bills next year. The Education Department has misled congressional offices and failed to provide a timeline for when

MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, Colleagues, Advocates to Hold Press Call to Demand Congress Protect Social Security

protect benefits for working-class Americans amid congressional Republicans’ efforts to undermine, dismantle and privatize Social Security. Social

News: Sanders, 12 Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Ensure Americans Can Access Safety Net and Public Assistance Programs Without Unnecessary Red Tape

instituted this new guidance with no regard for congressional intent in creating many of these programs and without

PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Forces Vote to Stop Arms Sales to Israel Amid Starvation in Gaza

that these names be entered into the Congressional Record. I should mention that more than

NEWS: Sanders, Welch, Balint Demand Trump Administration Release Over $300 Million for Senior Jobs Program

release more than $300 million in congressionally-appropriated funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) currently

PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Keeps Sounding the Alarm on Health Care Emergency Worsened by Trump Budget Bill

more than $1.1 trillion. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that this bill, along with the expiration

NEWS: Sanders Calls Out Trump’s ‘Illegal and Unconstitutional’ Withholding of Nearly $7 Billion for Public Schools

confirmation hearing, Secretary McMahon committed to delivering congressionally-appropriated funds to schools, districts and states as required. These

PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders on the Worst Bill in Modern U.S. History

health insurance they have, according to the Congressional Budget Office, by cutting Medicaid and the Affordable Care

NEWS: Sanders, Klobuchar Call on Defense Department to Fund Lifesaving Programs for Service Members and Families

families. In the most recent government funding bill, Congressional Republicans failed to fund Beyond the Yellow Ribbon … programs now supported by BYR funding began as congressionally directed spending requests and were the result of members

NEWS: Sanders Introduces No War Against Iran Act

military force in or against Iran absent specific Congressional authorization. The bill contains an exception for self-defense … launch another war in the Middle East without Congressional authorization. It’s long past time for Congress

NEWS: Sanders, Democratic HELP Members Call for Hearings on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” and Its Impact on Americans’ Health

made less safe.” Last week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the House-passed budget reconciliation