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January 16, 2019
Bernie Sanders meets with 2016 campaign staffers who raised sexual harassment allegations
By Gregory Krieg and Ryan Nobles, CNN
Updated 4:45 PM ET, Wed January 16, 2019
Excerpt:
Sen. Bernie Sanders and senior aides met on Wednesday with a group of women and men who requested a face-to-face discussion about what they described as "the issue of sexual violence and harassment" on the Vermont independent's 2016 presidential primary campaign.
They had also demanded the parties come together to form a more robust plan of action ahead of a potential second run by Sanders in 2020.
The meetings, which stretched for almost a full day, began near Capitol Hill on Tuesday evening and picked up after the full group convened for breakfast on Wednesday morning. Former campaign manager Jeff Weaver, who will not return to the role if Sanders runs again in 2020, and the high-level aides asked for in the letter, including Ari Rabin-Havt, Caryn Compton, Arianna Jones and Shannon Jackson, were in attendance, according to a source present, along with dozens of former campaign staffers.
Sanders, who was present for a midday session of the meeting, told CNN the discussions were "private" when asked about the meeting afterward on Capitol Hill. Sanders wife, Jane, was also present at the meeting.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/politics/bernie-sanders-sexual-harassment-campaign-meeting-2020/index.html
January 16, 2019
Scheduled for Jan 16, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Ranking Member of Senate HELP Committee Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) unveil the Raise the Wage Act. The Raise the Wage Act would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 and give roughly 40 million Americans a raise.
Jan 16 at 2PM - Led by Bernie Sanders, Democrats Introduce $15 Minimum Wage Bill
Scheduled for Jan 16, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Ranking Member of Senate HELP Committee Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) unveil the Raise the Wage Act. The Raise the Wage Act would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 and give roughly 40 million Americans a raise.
January 9, 2019
Scheduled for Jan 10, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Joe Neguse (D-Co.) and other cosponsors in the House and Senate hold a press conference to announce a legislative package that would drastically reduce prescription drug prices in the United States.
LIVE Jan 10, 11:30AM - Sanders, Cummings and Colleagues Announce Legislation to Lower Drug Prices
Scheduled for Jan 10, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Joe Neguse (D-Co.) and other cosponsors in the House and Senate hold a press conference to announce a legislative package that would drastically reduce prescription drug prices in the United States.
January 7, 2019
Published on Feb 15, 2013
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), held a news conference to announce comprehensive legislation, the Climate Protection Act (S. 332). Senator Sanders serves on the EPW Committee and also is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
S. 332 calls for a fee on carbon pollution emissions that would fund historic investments in energy efficiency and sustainable energy technologies, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass. The proposal also provides rebates to consumers to offset any efforts by oil, coal, or gas companies to raise prices.
Environment and consumer leaders that participated in the press conference included Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org; Mike Brune, executive director of Sierra Club; Tara McGuiness, executive director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund; Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen's energy director; and David Bradley, National Community Action Foundation executive director.
2013 - Chairman Boxer & Senator Sanders Introduce Major Climate Change Legislation
Published on Feb 15, 2013
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), held a news conference to announce comprehensive legislation, the Climate Protection Act (S. 332). Senator Sanders serves on the EPW Committee and also is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
S. 332 calls for a fee on carbon pollution emissions that would fund historic investments in energy efficiency and sustainable energy technologies, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass. The proposal also provides rebates to consumers to offset any efforts by oil, coal, or gas companies to raise prices.
Environment and consumer leaders that participated in the press conference included Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org; Mike Brune, executive director of Sierra Club; Tara McGuiness, executive director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund; Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen's energy director; and David Bradley, National Community Action Foundation executive director.
January 7, 2019
Published on May 25, 2014
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Keynote Speaker - 10th Anniversary of PDA and Tim Carpenter
Northampton, MA - May 10th, 2014
Senator 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. Born in 1941 in Brooklyn, Bernie was the younger of two sons in a modest-income family. After graduation from the University of Chicago in 1964, he moved to Vermont. Early in his career, Sanders was director of the American People's Historical Society. Elected Mayor of Burlington by 10 votes in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermont's at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York. The Almanac of American Politics has called Sanders a "practical" and "successful legislator." He has focused on the shrinking middle class and widening income gap in America that is greater than at any time since the Great Depression. Other priorities include reversing global warming, universal health care, fair trade policies, supporting veterans and preserving family farms. He serves on five Senate committees: Budget; Veterans; Energy; Environment; and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. He chairs the Veterans' Affairs Committee.
2014 - Sen. Bernie Sanders, Keynote Speaker - 10th Anniversary of PDA and Tim Carpenter
Published on May 25, 2014
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Keynote Speaker - 10th Anniversary of PDA and Tim Carpenter
Northampton, MA - May 10th, 2014
Senator 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. Born in 1941 in Brooklyn, Bernie was the younger of two sons in a modest-income family. After graduation from the University of Chicago in 1964, he moved to Vermont. Early in his career, Sanders was director of the American People's Historical Society. Elected Mayor of Burlington by 10 votes in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermont's at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York. The Almanac of American Politics has called Sanders a "practical" and "successful legislator." He has focused on the shrinking middle class and widening income gap in America that is greater than at any time since the Great Depression. Other priorities include reversing global warming, universal health care, fair trade policies, supporting veterans and preserving family farms. He serves on five Senate committees: Budget; Veterans; Energy; Environment; and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. He chairs the Veterans' Affairs Committee.
http://pda.nationbuilder.com/on_this_day_we_remember_tim_carpenter
Progressive Democrats of America's founder Tim Carpenter passed away just over two years ago. This Memorial Day, we honor his legacy, including his founding the Healthcare Not Warfare campaign. I was honored to co-chair that effort. After a lifetime of fighting for progress, Tim had one last battle in him. He almost single-handedly launched the Run Bernie Run effort in 2013, and relentlessly urged Bernie Sanders to run for president as a Democrat.
Ever since, we’ve been pouring our time, energy, and resources into first persuading Bernie to run as a Democrat, and then into making Bernie's political revolution the powerful force it is today. A profoundly modest person, Tim wouldn't have let us explain this, but credit where credit is due: None of that would've happened without Tim Carpenter's vision and courage.
Progressive Democrats of America's founder Tim Carpenter passed away just over two years ago. This Memorial Day, we honor his legacy, including his founding the Healthcare Not Warfare campaign. I was honored to co-chair that effort. After a lifetime of fighting for progress, Tim had one last battle in him. He almost single-handedly launched the Run Bernie Run effort in 2013, and relentlessly urged Bernie Sanders to run for president as a Democrat.
Ever since, we’ve been pouring our time, energy, and resources into first persuading Bernie to run as a Democrat, and then into making Bernie's political revolution the powerful force it is today. A profoundly modest person, Tim wouldn't have let us explain this, but credit where credit is due: None of that would've happened without Tim Carpenter's vision and courage.
January 7, 2019
Keep fighting for the people, Bernie ...
USA is the only major country on Earth that does not provide paid family and medical leave
https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1080475448801484800Keep fighting for the people, Bernie ...
Meyer London, a Socialist Jew, was a politician who not only ran for Congress, but his economic proposals were advanced for his time, and they later were encompassed in Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal platform.
When Congressman Meyer London died in 1926, half a million New Yorkers attended his funeral. “For six hours,” the New York Times reported, “the Lower East Side put aside its duties, pressing or trivial, to do honor to its dead prophet.” Although a politician, London was so respected for his learning–even by his political opponents–that he was buried in the Writer’s Lane section of Mount Carmel cemetery, near the grave of Sholom Aleichem and other Jewish cultural heroes. London’s working-class instincts and intellectual acumen made him advocate for social legislation that later formed the heart of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal platform.
London immediately sponsored bills which Congress defeated, yet later became integral elements of the New Deal program: minimum wage, unemployment insurance and increased taxes on the wealthy. He fought for then-radical ideals such as anti-lynching laws, higher immigration quotas, and paid maternity leave. Prescient in his own day, London’s economic proposals became right for the 1930’s and 40’s, and his civil rights proposals became law in the 1960’s.
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/meyer-london-a-jew-in-congress/
When Congressman Meyer London died in 1926, half a million New Yorkers attended his funeral. “For six hours,” the New York Times reported, “the Lower East Side put aside its duties, pressing or trivial, to do honor to its dead prophet.” Although a politician, London was so respected for his learning–even by his political opponents–that he was buried in the Writer’s Lane section of Mount Carmel cemetery, near the grave of Sholom Aleichem and other Jewish cultural heroes. London’s working-class instincts and intellectual acumen made him advocate for social legislation that later formed the heart of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal platform.
London immediately sponsored bills which Congress defeated, yet later became integral elements of the New Deal program: minimum wage, unemployment insurance and increased taxes on the wealthy. He fought for then-radical ideals such as anti-lynching laws, higher immigration quotas, and paid maternity leave. Prescient in his own day, London’s economic proposals became right for the 1930’s and 40’s, and his civil rights proposals became law in the 1960’s.
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/meyer-london-a-jew-in-congress/
January 7, 2019
Run #Bernie2020
January 3, 2019
Photos: 'Sanders celebrating his new term w staff and political allies.'
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1080898503377911808
January 3, 2019
Published on Jan 3, 2019
On Jan. 3, 2019, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was sworn in to a third term representing Vermont in the U.S. Senate.
Sen. Sanders Sworn In to Third Term in the US Senate
Published on Jan 3, 2019
On Jan. 3, 2019, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was sworn in to a third term representing Vermont in the U.S. Senate.
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