Home Heating  "It was bad last winter. It will be much worse this winter," Sanders told a Vermont press conference on ballooning home heating prices. He was joined by Senator Leahy and Congressman Welch in seeking to double home energy assistance. To learn more, click here.
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Sun Power  At a hearing on solar energy in New Mexico, Sanders welcomed a federal agency's decision to drop a moratorium on new solar projects. He also introduced legislation to help install solar units on homes and businesses. For a copy of 10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2008, click here. To read more, click here.
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GI Bill
 In a key accomplishment of this Congress, a new law provides dramatically increased college aid for veterans who served after Sept. 11, 2001. "This is a major step forward," Sanders said of the new GI Bill he cosponsored. To read a Brattleboro Reformer story, click here. -----------------------------------------------
Food for Thought
 Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser joined the senator at a town meeting on food – who grows it, what it costs, where it comes from and why Vermont, as Schlosser put it, "is in the avant-garde in moving to a truly sustainable agricultural economy." To read a trasncript of the WCAX coverage, click here. | Domestic Spying  Over Sanders' opposition, Congress shielded telephone companies from lawsuits alleging they violated customer privacy. "We can protect the American people against terrorism in a way that does not undermine our Constitution," he argued. To watch, click here.
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Pentagon Waste  As Congress takes up military spending legislation totaling more than $700 billion, the need for more aggressive scrutiny is abundantly clear, Sanders wrote in an op-ed. To read it, click here.
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Economic Stimulus
 Almost 10,000 Vermont retirees and disabled veterans may qualify for an economic stimulus check but have not yet claimed it. Sanders office is offering to help people with questions about filling out the paperwork. Listen here for more information or call 1 (800) 339-9834. -----------------------------------------------
The Economy
 Gas was up, oil was up and unemployment was up in June. "When Sanders suggested that Vermonters write to him about how they were coping in this troubling economy, I doubt if he could have anticipated the enormity of the response," Anthony Cupaiuolo wrote in the Manchester Journal. To read his column, click here. |
