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09/27/2023 Meet the Press: Sen. Bernie Sanders
08/27/2023 Meet the Press - August 27, 2023: Bernie Sanders
10/12/2022 NEWS: Sanders Holds Student Town Meetings in Rutland and Bennington, Meets with Veterans, Local Officials, and Health Care Workers
10/06/2022 Letter to the United States Election Assistance Commission - Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Election Assistance Commission to Take Additional Steps to Address Election Worker Shortages
09/30/2022 Tweet - "Brazil's next president should be chosen by the voters of that country and no one else. It's an important step forward for democracy that Brazil's military leadership made clear yesterday that they will respect the results of Sunday's election."
09/29/2022 Tweet - "Yesterday, the United States Senate unanimously passed our resolution supporting free and fair elections in Brazil. We are sending a clear, bipartisan message that we are on the side of the people of Brazil and on the side of democracy."
09/28/2022 Tweet - "I'm LIVE on the floor of the Senate to pass a resolution supporting free and fair elections in Brazil. It's important for the people of Brazil to know that the United States is on their side and on the side of democracy."
09/28/2022 Sanders & Kaine Statements on Passage of Resolution in Support of Brazilian Democracy Ahead of October Election
08/11/2022 Tweet - "The United States should stand for democracy and support free and fair elections. To that end, we must make absolutely clear that it will not support any government that comes to power in Brazil through undemocratic means."
06/16/2022 Tweet - "The Democratic Party cannot continue to ignore the needs of the working class of our country and expect to retain majority control in the US House and US Senate. It's time to show which side we're on. It's time to start voting."
04/15/2022 Tweet - "At a time when a handful of huge Wall Street firms control the economic life of the country, they are now moving to control the political life as well. We must overturn Citizens United, that disastrous Supreme Court decision, and move to public funding of elections."
02/16/2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Klobuchar Leads Colleagues in Urging President Biden to Prioritize Funding to Improve Election Administration in the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
02/16/2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Kaine Joins Colleagues in Urging President Biden to Prioritize Funding to Improve Election Administration in the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
02/15/2022 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, Murphy, Blumenthal, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Prioritize Funding to Improve Election Administration in the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
01/18/2022 Tweet - "Tomorrow, the Senate is going to be casting an enormously important vote about whether we preserve the foundations of democracy. As of now, two Democrats will join the Republicans to vote against us and we will lose that vote. Let me tell you why I hope they change their minds."
01/17/2022 Tweet - "As the voting rights bill finally comes to the floor of the Senate, there is only one vote which will really matter. Will 50 Democrats vote to override the filibuster, protect American democracy and pass the bill, or will Manchin and Sinema vote with the GOP and let the bill die?"
01/15/2022 Tweet - "This is what the undermining of American democracy looks like. This is what is taking place all across the country. This is why it is an outrage that two Democratic senators have joined Republicans in refusing to pass the Freedom to Vote bill."
01/09/2022 Tweet - "One of the great crises facing our democracy is the power of the billionaire class over our political process. The needs of ordinary people are ignored as the rich and their Super PACs buy elections."
12/15/2021 Tweet - "I hope that very soon the Senate will take two giant leaps forward for the American people: protect the voting rights of every American and pass the most consequential legislation to benefit working families in the modern history of our country."
12/10/2021 Tweet - "While the majority of the American people have expressed overwhelming support for the Build Back Better Act and delivering for working Americans, Republicans continue to oppose it. Maybe, just maybe, that's why they have to resort to voter suppression."
12/07/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Booker, Krishnamoorthi Lead Colleagues in Calling on U.S. Department of Education to Facilitate Student Civic Engagement in Institutions of Higher Education
11/30/2021 Tweet - "Politicians who gerrymander districts to unfairly gain political advantages are undermining our democracy. Period."
11/29/2021 Tweet - "One of the greatest political crises we face is voter suppression. Our job: fight back. Defend voting rights. Create a vibrant democracy."
11/28/2021 Tweet - "Democracy means one person, one vote. It does not mean outrageous gerrymandering maps and absurd laws to suppress to vote."
11/27/2021 Tweet - "The Republican idea of democracy is voter suppression, extreme gerrymandering, and billionaires buying elections."
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