Bernie Sanders
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Categories: 110th Congress | Vermont Independents | Democratic Socialists
| Bernie Sanders | |
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| U.S. Junior Senator, Vermont | |
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| Party | Independent socalist |
| Assumed office (class 1) Serving with: Patrick Leahy January 3, 2007 — | |
| Preceded by | Jim Jeffords |
| Succeeded by | |
| Birthdate | September 8, 1941 |
Bernie Sanders is the independent socialist U.S. Senator from Vermont. After serving as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont and served eight terms as the U.S. Representative from Vermont, he was elected the first socialist United States Senator in 2006. He defeated Republican Bentley driving corporate executive Richard Tarrant even though Tarrant invested $7 million of his own money in the campaign.
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Bernie Sanders in Quotes
"I believe that destiny has suggested that his small state of Vermont is going to lead America in a very different direction! And the day is going to come when people all over America will say, 'Thank you, Vermont.'" November 7, 2006
Background
Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1941. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964. In 1981, he was elected Mayor of Burlington, VT. In 1990, he was elected to Vermont's at-large U.S. House seat. In the 1996 election Republican Newt Gingrich helped fund an unsuccessful effort to unseat him. Now Gingrich has become just one of many talking heads on Fox News and Sanders is in the U.S. Senate. In Congress, he founded the House Progressive Caucus, and was chairman of it for the first 8 years.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on National Parks
- Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
- Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection
- Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Children and Families
- Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Contact Information
GovTrack link
External Links
- House Webpage
- Re-Election Home Page
- Bennington Banner article
- 2005 interview in The Progressive
- Signed 2000 Letter Demanding ABM Test Inquiry
Related areas
State: VT-Gov, Vermont Senate, Vermont House, Vermont elections, 2008, Vermont election results
Counties: Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Washington, Windham, Windsor
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