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June 27, 2008 Panel meets to address heating oil concerns

Phil Fiermonte, an aide to Sen. Bernard Sanders, said recent developments on the federal front bode well for LIHEAP funding. ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


June 24, 2008 Veterans Affairs official visits WRJ

Dr. James B. Peake spent Monday touring the state with US Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


June 24, 2008 VA clinic in area?

There are plans on the table to open a community-based outpatient clinic in either Keene, NH, or Brattleboro by 2010, said Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., ...

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Source: Brattleboro Reformer,  United States


June 21, 2008 An Open Letter to Senator McCain

It is a compilation of few letters by none other than a colleague of yours, the honorable US senator Bernard Sanders (independent) from Vermont, ...

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Source: NewsBlaze, CA


June 17, 2008 Anti-delinquency programs get boost

By SARA-MEGAN WALSH Herald Staff Sen. Bernard Sanders announced that Rutland County's anti-delinquency educational programs have received a $137950 federal ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


June 16, 2008 In Rutland, Sanders announces federal funding for schools

... Three programs that serve at-risk children in Rutland schools will get federal funding under a measure announced Monday by US Sen. Bernard Sanders. ...

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Source: Brattleboro Reformer,  United States


June 16, 2008 Sanders Announces $138000 for Youth Programs

Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., announced that Rutland County's anti-delinquency educational programs have received a $137000 federal grant to build new ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


June 13, 2008 Top GOP fundraiser signals fight for seats

Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernard Sanders of Vermont. Mr. Ensign dismissed reports that contributions to the Republicans by disgruntled small donors ...

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Source: Washington Times, DC


June 12, 2008 Federal Reserve blames high energy, food prices for a weak economy ...

Y., left, accompanied by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., center, and Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., points to a chart during a news conference on the economy, ...

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Source: Duluth News Tribune, MN


June 12, 2008 Fed: High energy, food prices keep economy weak

Y., left, accompanied by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., center, and Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., points to a chart during a news conference on the economy, ...

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Source: San Jose Mercury News,  USA


June 12, 2008 House Passes Jobless Benefits Extension

Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt. is at right. (Susan Walsh - AP) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material ...

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Source: Washington Post, United States


June 11, 2008 Welch answers questions about gas, energy

Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., blasted his colleagues for blocking a proposal that would allow the government to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil ...

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Source: Brattleboro Reformer,  United States


June 11, 2008 Phone service deal moves to FCC

Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., who opposed the Verizon-Unicel deal, said more work needs to be done to ensure that the interests of Vermont consumers are ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


June 10, 2008 Senate GOP blocks windfall taxes on Big Oil

Charles Schumer, DN.Y.; Baucus; Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. ...

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Source: North County Times, CA


June 10, 2008 Officials to probe traders of crude

... to which Wall Street and hedge funds and companies like Goldman Sachs are speculating in oil futures," said Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent. ...

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Source: Washington Times, DC


June 10, 2008 Congress Energy

From left are, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M.; Sen. Charles Schumer, DN.Y.; Baucus; Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

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Source: Rock Hill Herald, SC


June 09, 2008 Climate of Fear: Seize the Offensive on 'Global Warming'

I named Socialist Bernard Sanders, and asked where might the other 66 votes come from? Get a clue, people: the global warming poseurs want nothing to do ...

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Source: Human Events, DC


June 08, 2008 45000 converge on Brattleboro for bovine stroll

... New Hampshire – beating out perennial also-ran Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., who gamely coaxed a few tablespoons of milk from the placid bovine Sea Wind. ...

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Source: Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT


June 07, 2008 The new, sad reality

Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders has talked for years about economic inequities in America and how the wealthiest Americans have prospered at the expense of ...

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Source: Brattleboro Reformer,  United States


June 04, 2008 Book World: 'The Uprising'

Bernard Sanders. Madison, Wis.: In what was does the populist uprising challenge the dominance of transnational capital? Can a fragmented populist movement ...

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Source: Washington Post, United States


June 03, 2008 Heifers set for stroll this weekend

As always, she said, there will be the popular Celebrity Milking Contest, with Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., fresh from the Washington rigors of the 2008 ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


May 30, 2008 Castleton soldier, Mia Farrow's nephew, dies in Iraq

Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., issued a statement Wednesday evening. "Another Vermonter has paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq," Sanders said. ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


May 29, 2008 Press conference may clear up status of Pollina's campaign

... similar to the one between state Democrats and US Sen. Bernard Sanders, an independent, in the 2006 campaign. "If Pollina withdraws from the governor ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


May 23, 2008 Burger King Grants Raise to Pickers

Senator Bernard Sanders, an Independent of Vermont, said the working conditions of the tomato pickers were a “national and international embarrassment,” and ...

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Source: New York Times, United States


May 19, 2008 Vermont Housing gets $1M

In a statement, Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., said, "At a time when so many families are facing huge obstacles to home ownership and our environmental ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


May 18, 2008 'A moment of enormous challenge' Sanders: Grads face change

That was the message delivered by Sen. Bernard Sanders, D-Vt., at Castleton State College's 221st commencement ceremony on Saturday. ...

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Source: Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT


May 15, 2008 Price relief at the pumps

Peter Welch co-sponsored the House bill, while Sen. Bernard Sanders was a co-sponsor of the Senate bill. "This is a small but important step forward in ...

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Source: Brattleboro Reformer,  United States


May 07, 2008 How the parties hold us back

US Senator Bernard Sanders (I-Vermont) failed four times before he won his first race. He failed twice more before he reached Congress. ...

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Source: Metro Spirit, GA


May 05, 2008 Support Senate Bill 220 on libraries

This issue was also addressed at the national level, where several bills have been proposed (and subsequently struck down), such as Sen. Bernard Sanders' ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


May 05, 2008 350 is the message

So we were happily surprised when the thousand demonstrators were enough to win enthusiastic support for the goal – not just from Sen. Bernard Sanders and ...

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Source: Rutland Herald, VT


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