Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) / X

Sen. Bernie Sanders

25.5K posts

Sen. Bernie Sanders

@SenSanders

Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, longest-serving independent in congressional history.

Vermont/DC

Joined April 2009

Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
5h
While Pentagon spending hit $1 trillion last year, defense contractor CEOs got a raise: General Dynamics CEO: $25.9M Northrop Grumman CEO: $25.3M RTX (Raytheon) CEO: $24.8M Boeing CEO: $23.5M Lockheed Martin CEO: $23.4M This is the military-industrial complex.
54K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 10
Congress must say no to a bloated military budget.
43K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 10
We are engaged in a struggle against the extraordinary greed of oligarchs.
84K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 9
It's absolutely unacceptable that Prime Healthcare chose to illegally fire 6 pro-union nurses in Chicago instead of working with them to improve the health and safety of patients at St. Mary of Nazareth. I say to Prime Healthcare: End your union busting. Reinstate these nurses.
National Nurses United
@NationalNurses
May 27
Chicago nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth are rallying today. @_PrimeHealth: We won’t be intimidated by your anti-union crackdowns. We’re demanding you reinstate the nurses you illegally fired. We won’t stop fighting to improve working conditions and patient care! ✊
89K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 9
In tiny Albania, over a hundred thousand people have been in the streets against an environmentally disastrous luxury resort planned by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his Qatari billionaire partners. This is what global oligarchy looks like — and the people are saying NO.
281K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 8
In the richest country on earth, 20% of our seniors should not be forced to live on $15,000 a year or less. We must lift the cap on taxable income, increase Social Security benefits, and strengthen Social Security's solvency for generations to come.
263K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 7
Is Congress doing anything to help the millions of workers who could lose their jobs to AI and robotics? No. They're intimidated by the hundreds of millions the AI industry is pouring into super PACs. We must ban super PACs and crack down on corruption.
00:00
125K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 6
Netanyahu knows Americans are sick of funding Israel’s wars. So now he’s working with Congress to hide military aid inside Pentagon co-production deals. That means MORE U.S. tax dollars for Israel, with even LESS oversight. Not gonna happen!
1.2M
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 6
This week, my amendment to ban billionaire-funded super PACs received unanimous support from my Democratic colleagues. The momentum is growing. It’s time to repeal Citizens United, ban super PACs and move to the public funding of elections NOW.
00:00
268K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 4
Trump promised not to “touch” Medicaid. Now he is cutting it by $1 trillion and taking health care away from patients with cancer, AIDS and other life-threatening diseases to pay for tax breaks to the top 1% and his wealthy campaign contributors. Unimaginable cruelty.
438K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 4
AI oligarchs have stolen the creative work of millions of people — writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists and ordinary citizens. It’s time for us to reclaim it.
00:00
122K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 4
Noah Wyle is right: We need Medicare for All.
00:00
161K
Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
Jun 3
In America today, we rank 34th out of 35 countries in childhood poverty and millions of children are food insecure. Maybe, just maybe, my Republican colleagues would consider holding a single hearing about how we improve the lives of American kids.
00:00
510K