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Senator Bernie Sanders: Press Conference on Gas Prices and Budget Negotiations 06/02/2011

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pushes to make federal regulators enforce a law against excessive oil market speculation that experts say has driven up gasoline prices. 
Sanders also addresses congressional budget negotiations. A member of the Senate Budget Committee, Sanders explains his position that any deficit-reduction package match new revenue with spending cuts.
 

Senator Bernie Sanders: Washington D.C. May Report 06/01/2011

Sen. Bernie Sanders discussed a range of issues in this 30 minute segment recorded in the U.S. Senate studios in Washington D.C.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Press Conference on Future of Vermont’s Community Health Centers 04/25/2011

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will meet with health care providers today to discuss the future of community health centers that provide primary care, dental care, low-cost prescription drugs and mental health counseling to more than 108,000 Vermonters.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Washington D.C. April Report 04/21/2011

Sen. Bernie Sanders discussed a range of issues in this 30 minute segment recorded in the U.S. Senate studios in Washington D.C.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Town Meeting on the Economy 03/24/2011

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hosts a Town Meeting at South Burlington High School, on the Economy and Federal Budget Priorities. Information at: 1.800.339-9834  www.sanders.senate.gov

Senator Bernie Sanders: Washington D.C. March Report 03/22/2011

Sen. Bernie Sanders discussed a range of issues in this 30 minute segment recorded in the U.S. Senate studios in Washington D.C.

Senator Bernie Sanders: The Future of Democracy in America 03/22/2011

St. Michael's College Student Association and Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), host Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I) for an evening of dialogue on 'The Future of Democracy in America'.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Washington Budget Cuts in Vermont 03/14/2011

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hosts this news conference on the budget cuts proposed by congressional Republicans and the need to pair additional revenue with spending cuts.  Sanders, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, welcomes Vermonters who would be directly impacted by the proposed cuts and leaders from Vermont social services organizations.  Hal Cohen, executive director of Central Vermont Community Action; Paul Behrman, Head Start director for the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity; Tony Bleuter, director of Upward Bound program at Johnson State College; and Jack Donnelly, executive director of the Community Health Center of Burlington.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Town Meeting: Are Corporations Really People? Part 2 03/05/2011

What can be done to reverse the implications of "Corporate Personhood," including the recent, disastrous, Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission that corporations have a constitutionally-protected right to unlimited and anonymous campaign spending? How can we establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are entitled to constitutional rights?  Joining Senator Sanders will be a keynote address by Thom Hartmann, host of the nationally-syndicated "Thom Hartmann Program" and renowned author.  Also speaking at the meeting will be Rob Weissman, president of Public Citizen, Cheryl Hanna, constitutional law professor at Vermont Law School, and Vermont State Senator Ginny Lyons.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Town Meeting: Are Corporations Really People? Part 1 03/05/2011

 

What can be done to reverse the implications of "Corporate Personhood," including the recent, disastrous, Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission that corporations have a constitutionally-protected right to unlimited and anonymous campaign spending? How can we establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are entitled to constitutional rights?  Joining Senator Sanders will be a keynote address by Thom Hartmann, host of the nationally-syndicated "Thom Hartmann Program" and renowned author.  Also speaking at the meeting will be Rob Weissman, president of Public Citizen, Cheryl Hanna, constitutional law professor at Vermont Law School, and Vermont State Senator Ginny Lyons. Watch part two here.

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