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Sen Bernie Sanders supports Chris Van Hollen's bid to challenge Schumer for Senate Democratic leader post
Sen. Bernie Sanders is backing Sen. Chris Van Hollen for the role of Senate Democratic leader, as Van Hollen challenges Sen. Chuck Schumer for the role. Read More
Bernie Sanders, El Sayed endorse Senator Van Hollen for Democrat majority leader role, call for 'bold leadership'
US Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen has secured the endorsement of Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator elect Abdul El Sayed after he announced his intention to challenge Senator Chuck Schumer for the role of Senate Majority leader. Bernie Sanders, an independent senator who caucuses with the Democra Read More
Democrats want to give Americans an extra $2,400 a year in Social Security payments. But can their plans actually work?
Senator Bernie Sanders says America's wealthiest households should contribute more to Social Security, to strengthen the program and increase payments to retirees. Read More
AOC taps power player who helped Bernie Sanders defy the odds as major 2028 decision looms
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tapped the strategist behind Bernie Sanders' record-breaking fundraising as progressive groups push her toward a 2028 bid. Read More
Bernie Sanders won't support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying it's time for change
Sen. Bernie Sanders says there needs to be a debate over the Democratic Party’s direction and a new generation of leadership for the party in the Senate. The party has been meeting privately as it assesses leadership ahead of elections expected next week. Read More
Bernie Sanders says he won't back Schumer as push for new leadership gains steam
Bernie Sanders and Elissa Slotkin say they will not support Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader, calling for a new generation of leadership. Read More
Bernie Sanders says he won’t support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
A number of incoming Democratic senators have echoed the call, signaling that they would support another candidate over Schumer Read More
Bernie Sanders Opposes Schumer as Majority Leader
The progressive leader was among a few Democrats who signaled skepticism about Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, though his allies offered support and called for party unity. Read More
Bernie Sanders says he won’t support Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader
Sens. Sanders and Elissa Slotkin called for new leadership, but neither proposed an alternative. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is considering challenging Schumer. Read More
'The time is now for change.' Bernie Sanders won't support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
The demand for change sets up a seismic confrontation after the party's sweep to power in the midterm elections. Read More
Sanders says he won't support Schumer for majority leader in next Congress
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he would not support Sen. Chuck Schumer's push to be the next Senate majority leader. CBS News' Taurean Small has more. Read More
Bernie Sanders warns Democrats not to spend all their time investigating Trump
Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Democrats not to spend all their time investigating the Trump administration, urging the party to prioritize affordability and working-class families. Read More
'No more excuses': Bernie Sanders bludgeons cautious colleagues after Dems seize Congress
Sen. Bernie Sanders this weekend continued to hammer away at the idea that Democrats in Congress—following sweeping gains in last week’s midterm elections—must embrace and push for bold policies that match the economic populist hunger voters have shown.Having won new majorities in both the US House Read More
Sanders warns Democrats about spending too much time investigating Trump
“We've got to stand up for working-class families, make a real difference in their lives,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said. Read More
Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders poised to get back powerful committee chair in new Congress
He wants the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to “be very aggressive about moving toward ‘Medicare for All’” and restore the healthcare subsidies Congress allowed to lapse last year. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders poised to get back powerful comm Read More
Bernie Sanders lost the fight in 2016. A decade later, he won the war.
Bernie Sanders’ focus on economic populism once faced criticism within the party. Now it’s winning in Michigan, Texas, Montana and Wisconsin. Read More
Sanders: Midterm Elections Show 'Profound Disgust' with 'Dangerous' Trump
Wednesday on MS NOW's "The Beat," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said the results of the midterm elections show "profound disgust all over this country with | Clips Read More
Democrat Randy Villegas wins election to U.S. House in California's 22nd Congressional District
Democrat Randy Villegas won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 22nd Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent David Valadao. Villegas is a progressive who was endorsed by Read More
US senator reveals ‘staggering’ sum AIPAC spent to defeat Abdul El-Sayed: They have the money; we have the people
Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders said on Tuesday that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the leading pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States, had spent $39 million to… Read More
Democrat Troy Jackson ousts Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine
Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins conceded to Democrat Troy Jackson on Tuesday, scoring a major pickup for Democrats in one of the midterms’ most competitive races. First elected in 1996, Collins had repeatedly survived as a moderate Republican in a state that has not backed her party for Read More