The Year in Review
Bernie and his staff want to take this opportunity to wish all Vermonters a very happy holiday season and a wonderful new year. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you think we can be of help to you on any issue involving government agencies or policies.
The year 2011 has been a tough one for Vermont and our country. The recession caused by the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior of Wall Street continues. While Vermont is doing better economically than much of the country, too many of our friends and neighbors are unemployed or underemployed, or are earning less than they need to adequately support their families.
Further, in Vermont, we have had to deal with the devastation of Hurricane Irene which caused so much hardship for individuals and businesses. We should all be grateful for the efforts of the volunteers, workers and members of the Vermont National Guard who did such an extraordinary job in the clean-up and recovery effort.
During the last year, Bernie helped lead the fight in the Senate to protect the interests of the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor. He founded the Defending Social Security Caucus, which helped prevent Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits from being cut as part of a misguided deficit reduction deal. Bernie knows the nation’s $15 trillion debt must be addressed, but he has fought to make sure that it is dealt with in a way that is fair to America’s struggling middle class. In his view, the country’s wealthiest people and largest corporations, many of whom are doing extremely well, must be asked to contribute their fair share toward deficit reduction and job creation. It cannot just be working families who are asked to sacrifice.
As the year concluded, Bernie introduced his first ever constitutional amendment. This bill is designed to reverse the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United decision which ruled that corporations are people and have first amendment rights to spend, without disclosure, unlimited amounts of money in the political process.
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