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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.

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  1. 3 hours ago

    Congratulations to everyone in California who successfully pushed for this incredibly important law to move the state’s electric grid to 100% clean energy by no later than 2045. This bill is a step in the right direction.

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  2. 4 hours ago

    It’s National Suicide Prevention Week, and as a nation we have to work toward real progress in our broken health care system by finally acknowledging mental and behavioral health care with our physical health care.

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  3. 9 hours ago

    The great economic crisis of our time is that millions of American workers earn starvation wages. Large, profitable corporations owned by multi-billionaires should provide their employees with a living wage and decent working conditions.

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  4. 9 hours ago

    Child care should not cost parents more than sending their kids to college. We need a revolution in child care in this country.

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  5. 9 hours ago

    Listen to how Amazon uses its own lingo to blur the distinction between billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos and the average Amazon employee making minimum wage, according to journalist .

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  6. 10 hours ago

    We cannot have a Supreme Court Justice like Brett Kavanaugh—an extreme, right-wing nominee who will endanger the future of our planet.

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  7. 11 hours ago

    Last week I introduced a bill to give billionaires like Bezos and the Waltons a choice: pay workers a living wage, or pay for the public assistance your low-wage workers rely on.

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  8. Sep 9

    The crisis we face as a country is not voter fraud. It is voter suppression.

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  9. Sep 8

    Mr. President, stop the lying. Last I heard, it was your own budget that cut Social Security and Medicare, not the Democrats.

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  10. Sep 8

    If we are bold, if we have the courage to take on the fossil fuel industry, if we are prepared to invest in sustainable energy, we can make the necessary changes to save the planet. And that’s exactly what we have to do.

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  11. Sep 8

    . is right. If Canada can provide health care to everyone, the U.S. can too.

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  12. Sep 7

    Last night, Trump was in Montana, telling people that Democrats want to "destroy your Social Security" and are "going to ruin your Medicare." Really? That's funny...

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  13. Sep 7

    The issue about Amazon is not just that the wealthiest person on earth, Jeff Bezos, is paying workers unlivable wages. It's about the "new economy" and the degradation of the human spirit—breaking down people, spitting them out and simply replacing them with new bodies.

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  14. Sep 7

    Thank you President Obama for supporting Medicare for All. His support takes us another step toward ensuring that no one in the richest country in the history of the world has to forego health care because they cannot afford it.

    Obama: Medicare for all is a "good idea"
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  15. Sep 7

    Our job now is to energize people, revitalize American democracy and fight for a government that will work for all of us, and not the wealthy few.

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  16. Sep 7

    This week we have seen more and more evidence of President Trump’s dangerous disregard for the democratic norms of our country, and stunning revelations about his erratic and misguided policy decisions and his pathological lying. We live in dangerous and unprecedented times.

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  17. Sep 7

    Although Trump thinks his administration did a "fantastic job" handling the destruction in Puerto Rico, the crisis is far from over.

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  18. Sep 7

    Did you know that your tax dollars are subsidizing CEOs' outrageous compensation?

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  19. Sep 6

    While we have more people in jail than any country, we are beginning to make progress on criminal justice reform. There is still a long way to go in creating a justice system that works for all, but we should celebrate the steps we are taking.

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  20. Sep 6

    Eight months later, it's clear that Trump's tax cuts are only working for the billionaire class and wealthy CEOs.

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