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Bernie Sanders

United States Senator from Vermont · United States · Politicians · Born 1941 · age 85

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The longest-serving independent in Congress who ran inside the Democratic tent twice for president and pulled the party left both times. A self-described democratic socialist who turned small-donor fundraising into a mass movement and made Medicare for All a litmus test.

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2015Congressional Activism AwardAward2014Col. Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership AwardAward2007United States senatorOffice1998“Why do we hear more about O. J.”In their wordsOutsider in the House (1998)

“in spite of the magnitude of these problems, each of them can be addressed and solved.”In their wordsOutsider in the House (1998)

1997“I have always been a proponent of a national health care system. It just seemed eminently fair and right.”In their wordsOutsider in the House (1997), p.175

1995“My ears may have been playing a trick on me, but I thought I heard the gentleman a moment ago say something quote unquote about homos in the military.”In their words11 May 1995Speaking to Representative Duke Cunningham on the floor of the House of Representatives, 11 May 1995, from Watch Bernie Sanders Demolish A

1991United States representativeOffice1991-20071985“What has to be understood is the economic problems of Nicaragua are not unique in Central America or in the third world.”In their words24 July 1985Speaking to Vermont journalists after his trip to Nicaragua (24 July 1985)

1981Mayor of Burlington, VermontOffice1981-19891972“There are no "human" oppressors. Oppressors have lost their humanity. On one hand "slavishness," on the other hand "pigness." Six of one, half dozen of the other. Who wins?”In their wordsFebruary 1972"Man - and Woman" in Vermont Freeman (Mid-February 1972)

1941Born8 September 1941

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10 statements, newest first

  1. Why do we hear more about O. J.

    1998, Outsider in the House (1998), Own words

  2. in spite of the magnitude of these problems, each of them can be addressed and solved.

    1998, Outsider in the House (1998), Own words

  3. I have always been a proponent of a national health care system. It just seemed eminently fair and right.

    1997, Outsider in the House (1997), p.175, Own words

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Congressional Activism Award2015
Col. Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership Award2014

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Born into a working-class Jewish family in New York City on September 8, 1941, Sanders organized civil rights protests for CORE and SNCC as a University of Chicago student before settling in Vermont in 1968. He spent the 1970s losing third-party races, then won Burlington's mayorship as an independent in 1981 and held it through three reelections. Elected to the House in 1990, he co-founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus a year later and served sixteen years before moving to the Senate in 2006 - the first non-Republican in that seat since 1850. His 2016 presidential run generated startling grassroots energy, won 23 contests, and shifted the Democratic Party's center of gravity on healthcare and education; in 2020 he led the field early before becoming a Biden ally. Since Trump's 2024 return he's organized a tour against what he calls a right-wing oligarchy, targeting Elon Musk and rallying an effort to reshape his adopted party from the inside.

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Born 1941 · age 85

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