Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Unprecedented times require unprecedented action. I’m LIVE on the Senate floor NOW as we start debate on the most consequential legislation for the working class since the New Deal. https://t.co/6V2LnMJmlJ — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Today, the top 1% own more wealth than the bottom 92%. Since 2009, 45% of all new income has gone into the hands of the 1%. The time is long overdue for Congress to address the long-neglected needs of the working class. https://t.co/U0nyscNrbW — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

The IPCC is telling us what every sane person knows. Unless there is BOLD action to combat climate change, the planet we will be leaving our kids and future generations will be increasingly uninhabitable. Now is the time for action. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

For too long, Congress has ignored the needs of the working class, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor. Now is the time for bold action. Now is the time to restore faith in ordinary Americans that their government can work for them, and not the top 1%. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will fight to make it easier, not harder, for workers to join unions in America. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will bring undocumented people out of the shadows and provide them with a pathway to citizenship, including those who courageously kept our economy running in the middle of a deadly pandemic. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will take on climate change by transforming our energy systems toward renewable energy and energy efficiency. Through a Civilian Climate Corps we will give hundreds of thousands of young people good paying jobs and educational benefits as they help us combat climate change. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will ensure that people in an aging society can receive the health care they need in their own homes instead of expensive and inadequate nursing homes and that the workers who provide that care aren’t forced to live on starvation wages. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will combat homelessness in America and address the reality that nearly 18 million households are paying over 50 percent of their income for housing by an unprecedented investment in affordable housing. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will save taxpayers hundreds of billions by requiring that Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry and we will use those savings to expand Medicare by covering the dental care, hearing aids and eyeglasses that seniors desperately need. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will end the international disgrace of the United States being the only major country on earth not to guarantee paid family and medical leave as a right. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will provide universal pre-kindergarten to every 3-and-4-year-old. We will begin to address the crisis in higher education by making community colleges in America tuition-free. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will address the crisis in childcare by making sure that no working family pays more than 7 percent of their income on this basic need. Making child care more accessible and affordable will also strengthen our economy by allowing more Americans to join the work force. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We will substantially reduce our childhood poverty rate by expanding the Child Tax Credit so that families continue to receive monthly direct payments of up to $300 per child. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Under this budget, however, no family making under $400,000 a year will pay a penny more in taxes and will, in fact, receive one of the largest tax cuts in American history. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, we will end the days of billionaires and large, profitable corporations not paying a nickel in federal income taxes. Yes. We will finally ask the very wealthy and largest corporations to pay their fair share of taxes. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

It will also put the U.S. in a global leadership position to combat climate change and make our planet healthy and habitable for future generations, while creating millions of good paying jobs as we address the long-neglected needs of working families and saving the planet. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

The $3.5 trillion Budget Resolution that I am introducing today will allow the Senate to move forward on a reconciliation bill that will be the most consequential piece of legislation for working people, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor since FDR and the New Deal. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Oregon and California are burning. Greece is burning. The entire planet is experiencing a major drought. Yet, as they continue to defend the fossil fuel industry, many of my Republican colleagues deny the reality of climate change.  Pathetic. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Our political task is not just to improve life for working families in terms of decent income, health care, education, etc. It is to change the political paradigm so that people demand their full rights as human beings, and not just scraps from the table. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

This extension is important and will bring much-needed relief to millions. But we can’t stop here. We must continue fighting to cancel student debt and make public colleges and universities tuition-free and debt-free. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Thank you Elle Purrier St. Pierre for taking Vermont into the 1,500-meter Olympic finals.  Your hard work and dedication is an inspiration to the young people of Vermont and America. Keep up the great work! — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Countries ranked by health care system cost: 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 Countries ranked by health care system performance: 🇳🇴 🇳🇱 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇳🇿 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 🇨🇭 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 It’s time to end this international embarrassment. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

My Republican colleagues don’t think we should do anything about climate change. They are dead wrong. We’re going to act and act boldly by passing major legislation to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels. The future of the planet is at stake. https://t.co/DAyAm6zhRL — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Richard Trumka was a son of the American working class, and he never forgot where he came from. Over the years he and I worked together on many issues. He was a friend and I am saddened by his passing. Jane and I send our deepest condolences to the Trumka family. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

In my view, this reconciliation bill is the most consequential legislation for working people since the New Deal. Let’s get it done. https://t.co/F1NDsSsilo — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Vermont's most famous dairy farmer, fought her way into the women's Olympic 1,500-meter final! Congratulations, Elle. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

RT @WSJ: From @WSJopinion: The $3.5 trillion reconciliation package is a large and unprecedented piece of legislation. But we are living in… — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

I’m also very proud of @RepCori, @AOC and @USProgressives for leading the effort to push the federal government to respond directly to the needs of the working class. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

I want to thank the Biden administration for finding a way to keep people in their homes while states distribute the $47 billion in assistance that Democrats in Congress provided in the American Rescue Plan. — PolitiTweet.org