Senator Bernie Sanders

Producer

Description

Bernie Sanders was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history. http://sanders.senate.gov/

U.S. Senate, 2007-present

Programs in this Series

Town Meeting on on the NSA and Our Constitutional Rights of Privacy - 02/01/2014

Sen. Sanders host a town meeting in Montpelier on the NSA and our constitutional rights of privacy.

Town Meeting on Income Inequality - 01/26/2014

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) host a town meeting on income inequality, before the film showing of 'Inequality for All - A Passionate Argument on Behalf of the Middle Class'. Senator Sanders will lead the town meeting with Vermont...

Bernie Sanders: Wake Up To Climate Change - 01/17/2014

Bernie Sanders: Wake Up To Climate Change

Community Health Center Leaders - 12/04/2013

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) host a meeting of community health center leaders from throughout Vermont followed by Sanders and health center representatives Beth Wennar, Board member from Battenkill Valley Health Center, Eric Medved, Vice...

Dying Young: Why Your Social and Economic Status may be a Death Sentence in America - 11/20/2013

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee on aging, holds a hearing to discuss the extraordinary disparities in life expectancy that exist between regions of the United States and even neighborhoods within cities.

Launch of Solar Testing Site in Vermont - 11/04/2013

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who serves on the Senate energy and environment committees, will be joined on Monday by Gov. Peter Shumlin and representatives of IBM, Sandia National Laboratories, and the U.S. Department of Energy to launch the...

Town Meeting on Veterans Issues - 06/01/2013

Senator Bernie Sanders, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, joins Deb Amdur, Director of the WRJ VA Medical Center, and others at the VFW in Brattleboro, VT for a public discussion as to how we can best address the needs of Vermont...

Older Americans Summit - 05/23/2013

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other senators are hosting a summit meeting with seniors’ organizations today. Sanders also plans to introduce legislation the same day to reauthorize and strengthen the landmark Older Americans Act which...

Town Hall Meeting with Danish Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen - 05/18/2013

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) holds a Town Hall meeting with Danish Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen to discuss how the people of Denmark enjoy some of the best health care, education, and environmental protection in the world. The questins is...

Press Conference on Social Security - 05/08/2013

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hosts a summit meeting on Capitol Hill with seniors, veterans and other grassroots groups united to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and veterans from budget cuts proposed by congressional Republicans and some...

Senior Issues - 04/19/2013

Important discussion that features Senator Sanders and statewide leaders on senior issues. Are you concerned about how the fiscal crisis in Washington will affect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, Veteran's Benefits? Much is at stake in...

Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Jail - Town Meeting with Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi - 04/12/2013

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is joined by author and journalist Matt Taibbi for a Town Meeting on the Economy - Taking on Wall Street and the Big Banks. Discussions include the power of Wall Street, Wall Street and the Economy, How to...

Energy Efficiency Program - On-Bill Financing - 03/29/2013

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is joined by Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and a member of the Wagner family, owners of Waggy’s store and deli, the first business to participate in the innovative financing program that helps pay for...