Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will hold a hearing Thursday on a bill he introduced to reduce the standard U.S. workweek to four days without loss of pay. The bill, titled the “Thirty-Two Hour Work Week Act,” would reduce the standard workweek from 40 to 32 hours over the span of four years, including lowering the […]
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Bernie Sanders & UAW demand 4 day work week
This country needs to seriously consider cutting back the hours that people have to labor at their job, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told CNN on Sunday, suggesting the 40-hour workweek is at least partly to blame for Americans’ declining life expectancy. A 32-hour, four-day workweek — for the same pay — is a key demand […]
Bernie Sanders says Biden’s age is an issue
Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday conceded that President Joe Biden’s age is an issue for 2024, but said “broader issues” will be more important and that Biden seems fine in their meetings. Biden is officially running for reelection to a second term in 2024 and, as has been typical for incumbents across United States history, […]
Elizabeth Warren To Announce Presidential Bid
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said at a town hall today she would consider running for president in 2020 once the midterm elections are done. “After November 6, I will take a hard look at running for president,” she told a crowd in Holyoke, Mass., which garnered an extended standing ovation, according to CBS News. […]
George Bush Slams Trump In Latest Speech
You might say George W. Bush wants to make America great again. In remarks Thursday, he criticized the kind of politics, sentiment and populism that led to President Trump’s rise and election — though he never named Trump explicitly. “Bigotry seems emboldened,” Bush said in New York at a forum put on by the George […]
New Jersey Senator Introduces Bill To Legalize Marijuana Nationwide
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday introduced legislation to end the federal prohibition on marijuana and encourage states to legalize pot. The legislation would amend the Controlled Substance Act to eliminate marijuana’s status as a Schedule 1 drug — a move that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. It would also try to incentivize states to legalize […]
Bernie Sanders Campaigning To Win Back Trump Supporters, Save DNC
At a time when Congress is debating a vast overhaul of the nation’s health care system, a hardened approach to refugees and immigration in general, and links between the current president and interests in Russia, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) finds himself increasingly outside the Beltway, in states and towns won by President Donald Trump. Since […]
Bernie Sanders Calls Trump A “Fraud”
Former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday cast President Trump’s moves this week to undo financial regulations enacted following the 2008 financial crisis as a betrayal of his campaign promises to stand up against Wall Street. “This guy is a fraud,” Sanders (I-Vt.) said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “This guy ran for […]
Bernie Calls For FBI’s Comey Resignation
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders called FBI Director James Comey’s handling of Hillary Clinton’s emails during the 2016 “outrageous” and said “it would not be a bad thing for the American people if he did step down,” during an interview on ABC’s This Week. “I think that Comey acted in an outrageous way during the campaign,” […]
Bernie Reveals Giant Trump Tweet On Senate Floor
Bernie Sanders spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday to urge Donald Trump to veto any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid—and used one of the President-elect’s own tweets to prove his point. As lawmakers debated the repeal of Obamacare, Sanders pointed out that Trump had previously said he would not cut the services […]
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Another Scam According To Bernie Sanders
Our infrastructure is collapsing, and the American people know it. Every day, they drive on roads with unforgiving potholes and over bridges that are in disrepair. They wait in traffic jams and ride in overcrowded subways. They see airports bursting at the seams. They see the need for a modern rail system. They worry that […]
Bernie and Donald Unlikely Political Allies?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. has plenty of differences with Donald Trump, but the former Democratic presidential candidate said Thursday there are areas where he could find agreement with the president-elect in the coming year. “Mr. Trump campaigned as a populist, campaigned as somebody who is anti-establishment, and I have zero doubt that he received the […]