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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, incoming chair of the Senate Budget Committee, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.

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  1. 3 hours ago

    For the second weekend in a row, thousands of brave Russians took to the streets to protest the corrupt rule of Putin and his thieving oligarchs. Unjustly imprisoned activists, including Alexei Navalny, must be released.

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  2. Jan 31

    At a time of massive crises facing working families, my Republican colleagues have suddenly become very concerned about the deficit. That's funny. I didn't hear these concerns when they passed trillions in tax breaks for the rich & a blank check for endless wars. What hypocrisy!

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  3. Jan 30

    McDonald’s worker in the US: $9/hr McDonald’s worker in Denmark: $22/hr, 6 weeks of annual vacation, a union, 1 year of paid family leave, life insurance and pension. America must join the rest of the industrialized world and ensure that our working class can live with dignity.

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  4. Jan 29

    Wall Street cannot continue functioning as a gambling casino. It's time for a tax on Wall Street speculation so that we can raise the funds to cancel student debt and make public colleges and universities tuition-free.

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  5. Jan 28

    The business model of Wall Street is fraud.

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  6. Jan 28

    Minimum wage in 1968 (in today's dollars): $11.84 Federal minimum wage in 2021: $7.25 Please do not tell me that in the richest country on Earth, we cannot guarantee a living wage of at least $15 an hour to every worker in America.

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  7. Retweeted
    Jan 27

    Today I am introducing legislation with and others to help developing nations access the COVID-19 vaccine and recover from the economic fallout of this pandemic.

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  8. Jan 27

    This is very good news. is moving quickly to address the climate crisis. Now Congress needs to aggressively act to transition our energy system away from fossil fuels.

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    Pres. Biden: "I'm signing today an executive order to supercharge our administration's ambitious plan to confront the existential threat of climate change."
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  9. Jan 27

    Today, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pledge to never forget the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis. At a time of rising antisemitism, racism, and xenophobia, we must recommit ourselves to fight against all forms of bigotry and intolerance.

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  10. Jan 26

    If we cannot get enough Republicans to support a $15 living wage, we cannot just take no for an answer. We must raise the wage either through reconciliation or by a majority vote. As incoming Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, that's exactly what I'll be fighting to do.

    A coalition of US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. Democratic lawmakers have pushed for years to raise the minimum wage, which now stands at $7.25 and hasn't been increased since 2009.
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  11. Jan 26

    With Democratic control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, we must keep our promise to the American people and finally raise a $7.25 starvation wage to a $15-an-hour living wage. The American people need a raise, and they need it NOW.

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  12. Jan 26

    Terrence Wise is 39 years old, works two jobs at Burger King and McDonald’s, and still has had to deal with homelessness. In the richest country on Earth, that is immoral. Nobody in America can survive on $7.25 an hour. All of our workers must earn at least a $15 living wage.

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  13. Jan 26

    Today, I am introducing the Raise the Wage Act with my colleagues to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour. The time for talk is over. No more excuses. We can no longer tolerate millions of workers making starvation wages. Watch our press conference here:

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  14. Retweeted
    Jan 26

    Today, Democrats are unveiling the Act to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2025. That means a long-overdue raise for nearly 32 MILLION workers across the country.

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  15. Jan 26

    What concerns me as much as anything is that half our people are living paycheck to paycheck. Millions of people are trying to survive on starvation wages. It’s morally imperative that we raise the minimum wage to a living wage that’s at least $15 an hour.

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  16. Jan 24

    Minimum wage in Australia: $19.84 an hour Unemployment rate in Australia: 6.6% U.S. federal minimum wage: $7.25 an hour U.S. unemployment rate: 6.7% Please don't tell me raising the minimum wage to a living wage - at least $15 an hour - costs jobs.

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  17. Jan 23

    “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all of God's children.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  18. Jan 22

    Not long ago, people said a $15 minimum wage was unthinkable. But a grassroots movement refused to take no for an answer. Today, the President's order begins raising the minimum wage to $15/hour for federal contractors. Now, Congress must pass a $15 living wage for ALL workers.

    JUST IN: Biden seeks $15 minimum wage for federal workers, contractors
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  19. Jan 22

    Rob Malley is an extremely knowledgeable expert with great experience in promoting U.S. security through diplomacy rather than war. He would be an excellent choice for the role of Iran envoy.

    Scoop: Former Obama official is under consideration to be the Biden administration's envoy on Iran.
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  20. Jan 22

    Republicans have used reconciliation for oil drilling in the arctic refuge and to pass trillions in tax breaks for the wealthy and the powerful by a simple majority vote. We can and we must do the same to raise the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour.

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