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Feb. 20, 2024 Sanders Sends Letter to Attorney General as BlackRock Appears to Violate Federal Law Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 28, 2023 NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Retirement Savings Stagnate for Middle-Class Americans, While the Wealthy See Huge Gains Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 25, 2023 NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 29 Democratic Senators, Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage to $17 by 2028, Benefitting Nearly 28 Million Workers Across America Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 15, 2023 Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 12, 2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Silicon Valley Bank Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 2, 2022 Letter to US Bank Regulators - Senator Markey Joins Representative Omar and Senator Warren in Leading Letter to Call on Regulators to Improve Banking Access for Communities of Color Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Profits in last 2 quarters Exxon:⬆️228% to $38 billion Chevron:⬆️149% to $23 billion Shell:⬆️117% to $21 billion These companies are spending $63 billion in stock buybacks & dividends - a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the top 1%. Windfall profits tax NOW!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, median wages have gone down the sharpest in 25 years and corporations are spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks. Our goal must not be to "get wages down." Our goal must be to end corporate greed. The Fed must stop raising interest rates." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 18, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief application is now open, and it takes less than five minutes to apply. This is a MAJOR first step. Next step: Make education a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few. Apply today: https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 3, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Feinstein, Padilla, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 5, 2022 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of Currency, Martin Gruenberg, Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Brown, Colleagues Applaud CRA Proposed Rule, Push for More Support for Underserved Communities Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 11, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 12, 2022 Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 8, 2022 Whitehouse, Reed, Warren, Sanders, Merkley Introduce Bill to Shield Americans From Sky-high Credit Card Rates Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 31, 2022 Letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States - Senators Gillibrand, Sanders And Merkley, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pascrell And Kaptur Press Postmaster Dejoy To Improve Postal Banking Pilot Programs Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 20, 2022 Letter to Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Meng Calls on Head of IRS to Reduce Large Backlog of Tax Returns Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 18, 2022 Tweet - "Last year, CEOs of the top 350 firms in the U.S. made, on average, 351 times more than a typical worker. To my mind, that is absurd. It is time to end the obscene levels of income inequality in this country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 4, 2022 Tweet - "The greatest weapon our opponents have is not just their unlimited wealth and power. It is their ability to create a culture that makes us feel weak and hopeless and diminishes the strength of human solidarity. We cannot let them succeed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "119. That's how many days of paid leave new moms are guaranteed in Canada. Do you know how many days of paid leave they're guaranteed in the United States? Z-E-R-O. What a disgrace." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Duckworth, Durbin call on President Biden to extend pause on student loan payments Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 15, 2021 Senators Gillibrand And Sanders, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pascrell, And Kaptur Call On Congress To Implement Postal Banking Pilot Programs Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 1, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve - Reps. Jones, Tlaib, Colleagues Call on Federal Reserve to Prioritize Climate Action Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 3, 2021 Letter to Alfred F. Kelly Jr., Chairman and CEO of Visa and Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard - Durbin and Welch to Visa and Mastercard: Call Off Swipe Fee Increase While Small Businesses and Consumers are Hurting During Pandemic Sen. Peter Welch
Oct. 2, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration - Democrats Criticize Proposed Labor Department Rule Weakening Tool to Advance Financial Interests of Workers and Retirees Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Date Title Politician
Feb. 20, 2024 Sanders Sends Letter to Attorney General as BlackRock Appears to Violate Federal Law Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 28, 2023 NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Retirement Savings Stagnate for Middle-Class Americans, While the Wealthy See Huge Gains Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 25, 2023 NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 29 Democratic Senators, Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage to $17 by 2028, Benefitting Nearly 28 Million Workers Across America Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 15, 2023 Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 12, 2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Silicon Valley Bank Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 2, 2022 Letter to US Bank Regulators - Senator Markey Joins Representative Omar and Senator Warren in Leading Letter to Call on Regulators to Improve Banking Access for Communities of Color Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Profits in last 2 quarters Exxon:⬆️228% to $38 billion Chevron:⬆️149% to $23 billion Shell:⬆️117% to $21 billion These companies are spending $63 billion in stock buybacks & dividends - a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the top 1%. Windfall profits tax NOW!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, median wages have gone down the sharpest in 25 years and corporations are spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks. Our goal must not be to "get wages down." Our goal must be to end corporate greed. The Fed must stop raising interest rates." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 18, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief application is now open, and it takes less than five minutes to apply. This is a MAJOR first step. Next step: Make education a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few. Apply today: https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 3, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Feinstein, Padilla, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 5, 2022 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of Currency, Martin Gruenberg, Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Brown, Colleagues Applaud CRA Proposed Rule, Push for More Support for Underserved Communities Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 11, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 12, 2022 Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 8, 2022 Whitehouse, Reed, Warren, Sanders, Merkley Introduce Bill to Shield Americans From Sky-high Credit Card Rates Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 31, 2022 Letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States - Senators Gillibrand, Sanders And Merkley, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pascrell And Kaptur Press Postmaster Dejoy To Improve Postal Banking Pilot Programs Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 20, 2022 Letter to Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Meng Calls on Head of IRS to Reduce Large Backlog of Tax Returns Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 18, 2022 Tweet - "Last year, CEOs of the top 350 firms in the U.S. made, on average, 351 times more than a typical worker. To my mind, that is absurd. It is time to end the obscene levels of income inequality in this country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 4, 2022 Tweet - "The greatest weapon our opponents have is not just their unlimited wealth and power. It is their ability to create a culture that makes us feel weak and hopeless and diminishes the strength of human solidarity. We cannot let them succeed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "119. That's how many days of paid leave new moms are guaranteed in Canada. Do you know how many days of paid leave they're guaranteed in the United States? Z-E-R-O. What a disgrace." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Duckworth, Durbin call on President Biden to extend pause on student loan payments Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 15, 2021 Senators Gillibrand And Sanders, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pascrell, And Kaptur Call On Congress To Implement Postal Banking Pilot Programs Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 1, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve - Reps. Jones, Tlaib, Colleagues Call on Federal Reserve to Prioritize Climate Action Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 3, 2021 Letter to Alfred F. Kelly Jr., Chairman and CEO of Visa and Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard - Durbin and Welch to Visa and Mastercard: Call Off Swipe Fee Increase While Small Businesses and Consumers are Hurting During Pandemic Sen.Peter Welch
Oct. 2, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration - Democrats Criticize Proposed Labor Department Rule Weakening Tool to Advance Financial Interests of Workers and Retirees Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
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