Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is a prominent American politician currently serving as the senior United States Senator from Vermont. As the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, he has maintained a close relationship with the Democratic Party, caucusing with them in both the House and Senate. He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in both 2016 and 2020. Sanders is widely considered a leading figure in the modern American progressive movement, advocating for policies such as Medicare for All, free college tuition, and a higher minimum wage.
In 1904, Elias Ben Yehuda Sanders, Bernie Sanders' father, was born in Słopnice, Poland.
In 1912, Dorothy Sanders, Bernie Sanders' mother, was born in New York City.
In 1921, Elias Sanders immigrated to the United States and became a paint salesman.
On September 8, 1941, Bernard Sanders was born. He is an American politician and activist, and currently serves as the senior United States senator from Vermont.
In 1948, Vito Marcantonio from the American Labor Party won his last term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1952, Frazier Reams of Ohio won his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1954, Sanders celebrated his Bar Mitzvah.
In 1956, Sanders was introduced to political activism when his brother Larry joined the Young Democrats of America and campaigned for Adlai Stevenson II.
From 1959, Sanders studied at Brooklyn College.
In 1960, Dorothy Sanders, Bernie Sanders' mother, died.
Until 1960, Sanders studied at Brooklyn College.
In January 1962, Sanders protested the University of Chicago's segregated campus housing policy, leading a sit-in at the administration building.
In 1962, Elias Ben Yehuda Sanders, Bernie Sanders' father, died.
In 1962, Sanders' father died at age 57.
In 1963, Sanders and Deborah Shiling Messing volunteered on the Israeli kibbutz Sha'ar HaAmakim.
In 1963, Sanders attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" speech. That summer, Sanders was also fined $25 for resisting arrest during a demonstration in Englewood against segregation in Chicago's public schools.
In 1963, Sanders volunteered at Sha'ar HaAmakim, a kibbutz in northern Israel, in cooperation with the Labor Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair.
In the summer of 1963, after further protests, the University of Chicago ended racial segregation in private university housing.
In 1964, Sanders graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
In 1964, Sanders married Deborah Shiling Messing.
In 1966, Sanders and Deborah Shiling Messing divorced.
In 1968, Sanders moved to Stannard, Vermont.
In 1968, Sanders settled in Vermont.
From 1969, Sanders resided in Montpelier.
In 1969, Sanders's son, Levi Sanders, was born to then-girlfriend Susan Campbell Mott.
In 1970, the town of Stannard, Vermont, where Sanders lived, had a population of 88 residents.
Heather Titus (née Driscoll) was born in 1971, daughter of Jane O'Meara Driscoll.
In 1971, Sanders joined Vermont's Liberty Union Party and ran for several offices, without success.
Until 1971, Sanders resided in Montpelier.
In 1972, Sanders ran as the Liberty Union candidate for governor of Vermont and as a candidate in the special election for U.S. senator.
Carina Driscoll was born in 1974, daughter of Jane O'Meara Driscoll.
In 1974, Sanders ran in the general election for U.S. senator.
Dave Driscoll was born in 1975, son of Jane O'Meara Driscoll.
As early as 1976, Sanders proposed workplace democracy, stating his belief that major industries should be publicly owned and controlled by the workers themselves.
In 1976, Sanders ran as the Liberty Union candidate for governor of Vermont.
Richard Sugarman showed Sanders a ward-by-ward breakdown of the 1976 Vermont gubernatorial election that showed him receiving 12% of the vote in Burlington, influencing his decision to run for mayor.
The 1976 campaign was the zenith of the Liberty Union's influence, with Sanders collecting 11,317 votes for governor.
In October 1977, Sanders and Nancy Kaufman announced their retirement from the Liberty Union Party.
After resigning from the Liberty Union Party in 1977, Sanders worked as a writer and as the director of the nonprofit American People's Historical Society (APHS).
In 1977, Sanders quit the Liberty Union Party to become an independent.
On November 8, 1980, Sanders announced his candidacy for mayor of Burlington.
During the 1980 presidential election, Sanders was one of three electors for the Socialist Workers Party in Vermont.
In 1981, Bernie Sanders campaigned against Burlington developer Tony Pomerleau's plans to convert the industrial waterfront into expensive condominiums, hotels, and offices. Running under the slogan "Burlington is not for sale," he successfully supported a plan to redevelop the area into a mixed-use district with housing, parks, and public spaces in 1981.
In 1981, Sanders ran as an independent for mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and defeated the Democratic incumbent.
On December 3, 1982, Sanders announced that he would seek reelection as mayor of Burlington.
On January 22, 1983, the Citizens Party voted unanimously to endorse Sanders for reelection as mayor of Burlington.
In 1983, Sanders attended the conference of the Socialist Party USA where he gave a speech.
On December 5, 1984, Sanders announced that he would run for a third term as mayor of Burlington.
In 1984, Sanders endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale.
In 1985, Burlington City Hall hosted a foreign policy speech by Noam Chomsky, introduced by Sanders, who praised him as "a very vocal and important voice in the wilderness of intellectual life in America."
On December 1, 1986, Sanders announced that he would seek reelection to a fourth term as mayor of Burlington.
In 1986, Sanders hosted and produced a public-access television program, Bernie Speaks with the Community.
In December 1987, while serving as mayor of Burlington, Bernie Sanders recorded a folk album titled "We Shall Overcome" in collaboration with 30 Vermont musicians, performing his vocals in a talking blues style.
After the 1987 election, Sanders announced he would not seek another mayoral term: "eight years is enough and I think it is time for new leadership, which does exist within the coalition, to come up".
In 1987, Sanders collaborated with 30 Vermont musicians to record a folk album, We Shall Overcome.
In 1987, Sanders defined democracy as public ownership and workers' self-management in the workplace, advocating for democratic control over factories and shops.
On May 28, 1988, Bernie Sanders married Jane O'Meara Driscoll in Burlington, Vermont.
In 1988, Bernie Sanders had a cameo role in the film "Sweet Hearts Dance", portraying a man handing out candy to trick-or-treaters.
In 1988, Sanders ended his public-access television program, Bernie Speaks with the Community, which he had been hosting since 1986.
In 1988, Sanders endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson enthusiastically.
In 1988, Sanders first ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, adopting a strategy of winning the Democratic Party primary and then running as an independent in the general election.
In 1988, Sanders ran for the U.S. House seat representing Vermont's at-large congressional district as an independent, placing second with 38% of the vote.
In 1988, Sanders visited the Soviet Union and interviewed the mayor of Burlington's sister city, Yaroslavl, about housing and health care issues.
In 1989, upon Sanders leaving office, Bouricius, a member of the Burlington city council, stated that Sanders had "changed the entire nature of politics in Burlington and also in the state of Vermont".
In 1990, Sanders was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Vermont's at-large congressional district.
In 1990, Sanders's bid to become a U.S. Representative benefitted from the National Rifle Association of America opposing the competing campaign of Peter Smith.
In 1991, Sanders and five other House members co-founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
In 1991, Sanders became the first independent elected to the U.S. House of Representatives since 1952, defeating Peter P. Smith by a margin of 56% to 39%.
In 1991, Sanders lectured in political science at Hamilton College.
In 1991, Sanders voted against the resolutions authorizing the use of force against Iraq.
On February 7, 1992, Sanders sponsored the Cancer Registries Amendment Act to establish cancer registries to collect data on cancer, due to high breast cancer rates in Vermont.
On October 2, 1992, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced a companion bill in the Senate for Sanders' Cancer Registries Amendment Act.
On October 24, 1992, President George H. W. Bush signed the Cancer Registries Amendment Act into law, after it was passed by the House on October 6.
In 1993, Sanders voted against the Brady Bill, which mandated federal background checks for gun purchases and imposed a waiting period. He explained his Vermont constituents saw waiting-period mandates as more appropriately a state than federal matter.
In 1993, while a U.S. representative, Sanders voted against the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which established background checks and wait periods.
During the 1994 Republican Revolution, Sanders won reelection to the House by 3%, with 50% of the vote.
In 1994, Sanders voted for the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act due to the inclusion of the Violence Against Women Act and the ban on certain assault weapons, though he criticized other parts of the bill.
Since 1995, Congress was entirely under Republican control.
In 1996, Sanders voted against a bill that would have prohibited police from purchasing tanks and armored carriers.
In 1996, Sanders voted against additional funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for research on issues related to firearms.
In 1998, Sanders voted for a bill that would have increased minimum sentencing for possessing a gun while committing a federal crime to ten years in prison, including nonviolent crimes such as marijuana possession.
In 1999, Bernie Sanders acted in the film "My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception", playing Rabbi Manny Shevitz, who mourned the Brooklyn Dodgers' move to Los Angeles.
In 1999, Sanders voted and advocated against rolling back the Glass–Steagall legislation provisions that kept investment banks and commercial banks separate entities.
In October 2000, permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status was extended to China.
In 2001, Sanders voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists.
In 2002, Sanders voted against the resolutions authorizing the use of force against Iraq.
In June 2003, Sanders criticized Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan, stating he was concerned that Greenspan was "way out of touch" and primarily representing the wealthy and large corporations.
In February 2005, Sanders introduced a bill that would have withdrawn the permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status that had been extended to China in October 2000. The bill did not pass.
On April 21, 2005, Sanders entered the race for the U.S. Senate after Jim Jeffords announced he would not seek reelection.
In May 2005, Democratic National Committee chair and former Vermont governor Howard Dean endorsed Sanders, considering him an ally who "votes with the Democrats 98% of the time."
In June 2005, Sanders proposed an amendment to limit Patriot Act provisions that allowed the government to obtain individuals' library and book-buying records. The amendment passed the House by a bipartisan majority but was later removed.
In 2005, Bernie Sanders voted for legislation that gave gun manufacturers legal immunity against claims of negligence.
In 2005, Rolling Stone called Sanders the "amendment king" for passing more roll call amendments than any other congressman since 1995, a period when Congress was entirely under Republican control.
In 2005, Sanders voted for the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which aimed to prevent firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable for negligence when crimes are committed with their products.
In March 2006, then-Senator Barack Obama campaigned for Sanders in Vermont.
In 2006, Sanders declined the Vermont Democratic Party nomination for U.S. Senate, which later caused an unsuccessful legal challenge to his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
In 2006, Sanders first ran for the U.S. Senate adopting a strategy of winning the Democratic Party primary and then running as an independent in the general election.
In 2006, Sanders was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first non-Republican elected to Vermont's Class 1 seat since 1850.
In 2007, Bernie Sanders helped kill a bill introducing comprehensive immigration reform, arguing that its guest-worker program would depress wages for American workers.
In 2007, Bernie Sanders' caucusing with the Democrats gave them a 51–49 majority in the Senate during the 110th Congress.
In 2007, Sanders became a senator.
A 2017 analysis in Newsweek found that 12% of those who voted for Sanders in the Democratic primary voted for Trump in the general election, a lower proportion than that of Clinton supporters in 2008 who voted for John McCain.
In 2008, Sanders voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which aimed to purchase toxic banking assets and provide loans to banks in free-fall.
On February 4, 2009, Sanders sponsored an amendment to ensure that TARP funds would not displace U.S. workers; the amendment passed and was added to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In mid-December 2009, Bernie Sanders successfully added a provision to the Affordable Care Act to fund $11 billion to community health centers, especially those in rural areas.
In 2009, Bernie Sanders supported legalizing same-sex marriage in Vermont, reflecting his long-standing advocacy for LGBT rights.
On December 10, 2010, Sanders delivered an 8-hour and 34-minute speech against the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, arguing it would favor the wealthiest Americans.
In 2010, Bernie Sanders supported the DREAM Act, which would have provided a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who had been brought to the United States as minors.
In February 2011, Nation Books published Sanders' speech as "The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class," with authorial proceeds going to Vermont nonprofit charitable organizations.
In August 2011, a poll found that Bernie Sanders's approval rating was 67%, making him the third-most popular U.S. senator.
In 2011, Bernie Sanders suggested it was "a good idea" for someone to challenge Obama and "got so close to running a primary challenge."
During the 2012 Democratic presidential primaries, Bernie Sanders considered running against President Obama in the primaries.
In 2012, Sanders declined the Vermont Democratic Party nomination for U.S. Senate, which later caused an unsuccessful legal challenge to his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
In 2012, Sanders was re-elected to the U.S. Senate.
Sanders was reelected in 2012 with 71% of the vote.
In November 2013, Bernie Sanders suggested that Senator Elizabeth Warren could be president and that she might earn his backing if she ran.
As of 2013, Burlington was regarded as one of the most livable cities in the United States.
From 2013, Sanders chaired the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.
In 2013, Bernie Sanders supported the Gang of Eight's comprehensive immigration reform bill after securing a $1.5 billion youth jobs program provision.
In 2013, Bernie Sanders was chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs during the Veterans Health Administration scandal.
In 2013, Sanders's elder brother, Larry, retired from the Oxfordshire County Council.
In 2013, as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Older Americans Act.
On June 9, 2014, Bernie Sanders sponsored the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014.
On July 31, 2014, the House version of the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, which incorporated Bernie Sanders' bill, passed both chambers.
On August 7, 2014, the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act was signed into law by President Obama.
In December 2014, Senator Elizabeth Warren said she was not running for president.
In 2014, Bernie Sanders ranked third in The Forward 50.
On April 30, 2015, Bernie Sanders announced his intention to seek the Democratic Party's nomination for president.
In May 2015, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced a schedule of six debates. This schedule was criticized for the small number of debates and the timing, which critics alleged was designed to protect Hillary Clinton.
In June 2015, Bernie Sanders's campaign events drew overflow crowds across the country.
On July 1, 2015, Bernie Sanders's campaign stop in Madison, Wisconsin, drew the largest crowd of any 2016 presidential candidate to that date, with an estimated turnout of 10,000.
On July 29, 2015, an online meetup organized for Bernie Sanders brought 100,000 supporters to more than 3,500 simultaneous events nationwide.
In September 2015, The New York Times' ombudsman reviewed the paper's coverage of the Sanders campaign, finding it had not always been taken seriously, with some stories being dismissive. The review also found that coverage of Sanders's campaign was much scanter than coverage of Trump's.
In October 2015, during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Bernie Sanders discussed his religious views, describing himself as culturally Jewish but not particularly religious. He affirmed a belief in God while emphasizing a non-traditional, interconnected view of life.
On November 15, 2015, in response to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s attacks in Paris, Sanders cautioned against Islamophobia and said, "We gotta be tough, not stupid" in the war against ISIL, advocating for continued acceptance of Syrian refugees.
In November 2015, Sanders gave a speech at Georgetown University about his view of democratic socialism and its place in the policies of presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson.
In November 2015, a poll indicated Bernie Sanders reached an 83% approval rating among his constituents, making him the most popular U.S. senator.
On December 4, 2015, Sanders won Time's 2015 Person of the Year readers' poll with 10.2% of the vote but did not receive the editorial board's award.
A December 2015 report found that major networks CBS, NBC, and ABC spent 234 minutes reporting on Trump, compared to 10 minutes on Sanders, despite similar polling results, indicating a significant disparity in media coverage.
A study concluded that in 2015, Sanders received media coverage that far exceeded his standing in the polls, indicating a period of increased media attention relative to his actual polling numbers.
In 2015, Bernie Sanders attended a Tashlikh atonement ceremony with the mayor of Lynchburg on Rosh Hashanah.
In 2015, Bernie Sanders became the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee.
In 2015, Sanders' term as the chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee ended.
In 2015, Sanders's elder brother, Larry, ran as a Green Party candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon.
By the end of January 2016, Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign reached 3.25 million donations, raising $20 million in that month alone.
On February 6, 2016, Bernie Sanders made a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live alongside Larry David, playing a Polish immigrant on a sinking steamship near the Statue of Liberty.
In February 2016, both the Clinton and Sanders campaigns agreed in principle to holding four more debates, bringing the total to ten. Clinton later withdrew from the tenth debate.
On March 15, 2016, Amy Goodman noted that while speeches of Trump, Clinton, Rubio, and Cruz were broadcast in full, Sanders' speech in Phoenix, Arizona, was not mentioned, despite the rally being larger than the others.
On March 17, 2016, Bernie Sanders said he would support Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court.
On March 20, 2016, Sanders was given an honorary Lushootseed name, dxʷshudičup, by Deborah Parker in Seattle to honor his focus on Native American issues during his presidential campaign.
In April 2016, Bernie Sanders accepted an invitation to speak at a Vatican conference on economic and environmental issues and briefly met with Pope Francis during his visit.
In April 2016, a new political organization, Brand New Congress, was formed by former Sanders campaign staffers to elect congressional representatives aligned with Sanders's platform.
An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll conducted in May 2016 found that if Sanders were the Democratic nominee, 53% of voters would support him to 39% for Trump, while Clinton and Trump were in a "dead heat".
On July 12, 2016, Bernie Sanders formally endorsed Hillary Clinton in her unsuccessful general election campaign against Republican Donald Trump.
In July 2016, a Slate article called the Democratic platform draft "a monument to his campaign", noting his call for a $15 minimum wage and other campaign issues, indicating Sanders's significant influence on the Democratic platform.
In July 2016, a leak of the Democratic National Committee's emails revealed DNC officials favoring Clinton over Sanders, discussing his irreligious tendencies and questioning his party loyalty. Sanders responded, calling it an outrage.
In June and July 2016, Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails leaked to the public showed that the committee leadership had favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders and had worked to help Clinton win the nomination.
In August 2016, Sanders formed Our Revolution, a political organization dedicated to educating voters and electing progressive candidates.
In November 2016, Sanders's book "Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In" was released, becoming a New York Times Best Seller.
A study of media coverage in the 2016 election concluded that the amount of coverage of Sanders during the election was largely consistent with his polling performance. It also concluded that the tone of media coverage of Sanders was more favorable than that of any other candidate.
According to Federal Election Commission filings, the Sanders campaign had carried over money left over from his 2016 presidential races.
After the final primary election, Clinton became the presumptive Democratic nominee. On July 12, 2016, Sanders formally endorsed Clinton and spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 25, giving her his full support, although some of his supporters protested.
As of 2016, Sanders has said that he would support repealing the law that gave gun manufacturers legal immunity against claims of negligence.
As of 2016, Sanders stated that he has changed his position and would vote for legislation to defeat the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which he had previously supported in 2005.
During a debate after an interview in January 2020, Sanders noted that Hillary Clinton won the national popular vote by 3 million votes in 2016, rebutting claims that he doubted a woman's ability to win the presidency.
During his September 2017 speech at Westminster College, Sanders spoke critically of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections and President Trump's handling of the crisis.
During the 2016 Democratic primary season, the Facebook group Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash gained significant attention for its unique concept of a meme community focused on a politician.
Following Trump's victory in the 2016 elections, Bernie Sanders suggested the Democratic Party undergo a series of reforms.
In 2016 a Sanders campaign volunteer contacted a political action committee (PAC) that supported the Clinton campaign to report suspicious activities.
In 2016, Bernie Sanders ranked first in The Forward 50.
In 2016, Bernie Sanders spoke about having very strong religious and spiritual feelings, explaining that his spirituality is rooted in the idea that everyone is interconnected and impacted by the suffering of others.
In 2016, Bernie Sanders was a presidential candidate.
In 2016, Sanders sought the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Sanders has been viewed as the leader of the modern American progressive movement.
In 2016, Sanders voted for the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, which included proposals for a reformed audit of the Federal Reserve System.
In 2016, Sanders was a major candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, finishing in second place. His campaign generated significant grassroots enthusiasm and funding from small-dollar donors.
In 2016, there was an unsuccessful legal challenge to Sanders's candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination due to his previous declinations of the Vermont Democratic Party nomination for U.S. Senate in 2006 and 2012.
In January 2018, Bernie Sanders voiced concern about Trump's failure to mention the finding that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election and "will likely interfere in the 2018 midterms.
In a 2016 interview, Joan Mahoney described Sanders as a swell guy, a nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn, but he wasn't terribly charismatic. One of his strengths, though, was his ability to work with a wide group of people, even those he didn't agree with.
In a 2016 speech, Sanders described his upbringing as an American Jew, highlighting his family's limited religious observances.
Sanders is credited with influencing a leftward shift in the Democratic Party after his 2016 presidential campaign.
Starting with his 2016 presidential campaign, Sanders's announcements suggested that not only was he running as a Democrat, but that he would run as a Democrat in future elections.
Using the large email list it built during the 2016 campaign, the 2020 campaign recruited more than one million volunteers within weeks of its launch.
In February 2017, Sanders began webcasting "The Bernie Sanders Show" on Facebook live streaming, featuring guests like William Barber and Josh Fox.
In March 2017, a poll found Bernie Sanders to have the highest net favorability at +28 points of any prominent politician included.
In April 2017, Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 an hour.
In April 2017, a nationwide poll found that Bernie Sanders had the highest favorability rating among all the political figures included in the poll.
On May 4, 2017, in response to the House vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Bernie Sanders predicted "thousands of Americans would die" from no longer having access to health care.
On May 30, 2017, Sanders received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Brooklyn College.
On June 12, 2017, Sanders, along with Rand Paul, voted against legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia and Iran, due to concerns the sanctions could endanger the Iran nuclear deal, while supporting sanctions on Russia.
In September 2017, Bernie Sanders, along with 15 Senate co-sponsors, submitted the Medicare for All bill, a single-payer healthcare plan.
In September 2017, Sanders delivered a speech at Westminster College, outlining a foreign policy plan that emphasized international collaboration, adherence to agreements, and promoting human rights.
In October 2017, Sanders said he would run for reelection as an independent in 2018 despite pressure to run as a Democrat.
In November 2017, after the Paradise Papers revelations, Bernie Sanders stated that "we must end global oligarchy" and that "we need a tax system which is fair, progressive and transparent."
In 2017 an analysis in Newsweek found that 12% of those who voted for Sanders in the Democratic primary voted for Trump in the general election, a lower proportion than that of Clinton supporters in 2008 who voted for John McCain.
In 2017, Bernie Sanders criticized President Trump for appointing billionaires to his cabinet and rolling back Obama's Clean Power Plan. He also cautioned against escalating the Syrian Civil War and vowed to defeat "Trump and Trumpism".
In 2017, Sanders drew parallels between his campaign and that of the Labour Party in the UK general election, urging Democrats to adopt a more progressive platform.
In March 11, 2021, Sanders supported Senate Democrats' decision to use budget reconciliation, a procedure used to avoid filibusters, to pass the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, despite having criticized Republicans' use of reconciliation to pass the 2017 tax cuts.
Since 2017, Bernie Sanders has been chair of the Senate Democratic Outreach Committee.
In January 2018, Bernie Sanders gave an online reply to Trump's State of the Union address, calling Trump "compulsively dishonest" and criticizing his immigration policies and failure to address Russian interference in the 2016 election.
In February 2018, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation concluded that Russians had communicated false information during the 2016 primary campaigns to help Sanders and Stein and harm Clinton. Sanders rejected the conclusion.
In April 2018, an opinion article in The Week suggested that the Democratic Party is quietly admitting that Sanders was right, noting the increasing acceptance of his policy proposals.
On May 9, 2018, Bernie Sanders introduced the Workplace Democracy Act, a bill that would expand labor rights by making it easier for workers to join a union.
On September 5, 2018, Bernie Sanders partnered with Ro Khanna to introduce the Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies (Stop BEZOS) Act.
In October 2018, after the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, the bill sponsored by Bernie Sanders to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen attracted bipartisan support. The bill sought to invoke the 1973 War Powers Resolution.
In November 2018, the Sanders Institute and Yanis Varoufakis launched Progressive International, an international organization uniting progressive activists and organizations.
In December 2018, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced the preliminary schedule for 12 official DNC-sanctioned debates, which were set to begin in June 2019.
According to Federal Election Commission filings, the Sanders campaign had carried over money left over from his 2018 Senate races.
During his 2018 reelection campaign, Sanders returned to Stannard, Vermont, to hold an event with voters and other candidates.
In 2018, Bernie Sanders allegedly told Elizabeth Warren that a woman could not win the election, which was brought up during the January 2020 CNN debate.
In 2018, Bernie Sanders opposed the 2018 United States federal budget proposed by the Trump administration, calling it "a budget for the billionaire class."
In 2018, Sanders declined the Vermont Democratic Party nomination for U.S. Senate, which later caused an unsuccessful legal challenge to his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
In 2018, Sanders was re-elected to the U.S. Senate.
In 2018, Sanders won the Democratic primary for reelection to the Senate, and then ran as an independent in the general election. Throughout his tenure in Congress, he has been listed as an independent and caucused with the Democrats.
In 2018, political scientist Rachel Bitecofer wrote in her book about the 2016 election that the Democratic primary was effectively over in terms of delegate count by mid-March 2016, but that the media promoted the narrative that the contest between Sanders and Clinton was "heating up" at that time.
In October 2017, Sanders said he would run for reelection as an independent in 2018 despite pressure to run as a Democrat.
Sanders was reelected in 2018 with 67% of the vote.
In February 2019, the bill sponsored by Bernie Sanders to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen passed the House by a vote of 247-175.
On February 19, 2019, Sanders announced that he would seek the Democratic Party's 2020 nomination for president, affirming his membership in the party.
On March 5, 2019, Sanders signed a formal statement, known as a "loyalty pledge", affirming his membership in the Democratic Party and his commitment to serve as a Democrat if elected.
In March 2019, Sanders signed a formal "loyalty pledge" to the Democratic Party, stating that he was a member of the party and would serve as a Democrat if elected president.
On April 6, 2019, Bernie Sanders participated in a Fox News town hall, which was controversial due to the Democratic National Committee's decision to not allow Fox to host any debates. The event attracted more than 2.55 million viewers and increased Fox News viewership by 24% overall.
On May 1, 2019, Bernie Sanders tweeted that "Since the China trade deal I voted against, America has lost over three million manufacturing jobs. It's wrong to pretend that China isn't one of our major economic competitors."
According to Federal Election Commission filings, the Sanders campaign had raised the most money in the 2020 Democratic field as of June 2019, including money left over from his 2018 Senate and 2016 presidential races.
June 2019 marked the beginning of the 12 official DNC-sanctioned debates as previously announced by the Democratic National Committee in December 2018.
On August 6, 2019, Bernie Sanders appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Rogan later expressed support for Sanders after the interview, and the podcast became a top-trending topic on Twitter.
According to a RealClearPolitics analysis, Sanders received the third-most mentions on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC between January and August 2019, trailing only Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Biden, however, received twice as many mentions as Sanders and Harris.
According to the RealClearPolitics average, Sanders steadily polled between 15% and 20% on most national surveys between May and September 2019, placing him in second place behind Joe Biden.
As of September 2019, the Fox News town hall featuring Bernie Sanders had received over 1.5 million views on YouTube.
In September 2019, the Sanders campaign became the fastest in U.S. history to reach one million donors, demonstrating significant grassroots support.
On October 1, 2019, the Sanders campaign announced it had raised $25.3 million in the year's third quarter, with an average donation of $18, making it the largest quarterly sum raised by any Democratic candidate at that time.
As of October 2019, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast featuring Bernie Sanders had received over ten million views on YouTube.
In December 2019, Bernie Sanders released letters from physicians declaring him healthy and recovered from his heart condition.
In 2019, Bernie Sanders announced his support for Green New Deal legislation and joined representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Earl Blumenauer in proposing legislation that would declare climate change a national and international emergency.
In January 2020, Sanders criticized the drone assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, calling it a dangerous escalation of tensions that could lead to an expensive war.
From mid-February 2020 to the start of March, Sanders polled in first place in the Democratic primary ahead of Joe Biden and was described by the press as the party's presidential front-runner.
On April 8, 2020, Sanders announced the suspension of his campaign, while stating he would remain on the ballot to influence the Democratic Party's platform.
During his 2020 run for president, Sanders proposed that 20% of stocks in corporations with over $100 million in annual revenue be owned by the corporation's workers.
During the 2020 primary season, a still from a fundraising video, where Bernie Sanders says, "I am once again asking for your financial support," became a viral internet meme.
For the 2020 campaign, it enlisted several former NowThis News employees to produce professional videos for wide social media distribution, live-streamed various forums to its millions of social media followers, and launched a podcast and smartphone app for grassroots organizing.
In 2020, Bernie Sanders called the American Israel Public Affairs Committee a platform for bigotry and stated he would not attend its conference.
In 2020, Bernie Sanders voted to convict Trump on articles of his first impeachment trial for pressuring a foreign leader to investigate Joe Biden.
In 2020, Sanders sought the Democratic Party's nomination for president, marking his second run for the presidency.
In 2020, Sanders sought the Democratic Party's presidential nomination for a second time.
In 2020, Sanders was a major candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination for a second time, finishing in second place. His strong showing in early primaries and caucuses made him the front-runner.
In 2020, the remaining six of the 12 official DNC-sanctioned debates, which had been announced in December 2018, occurred during the first four months of the year.
In January 2020, CNN hosted the first debate with six candidates remaining, during which Abby Phillip questioned Sanders and Warren about an alleged statement Sanders made in 2018.
Sanders's 2020 campaign employed many of the same methods as its 2016 counterpart, eschewing a Super PAC and relying predominantly on small-dollar contributions.
On January 6, 2021, after Trump supporters attacked the United States Capitol, Bernie Sanders stated that Trump would "go down in history as the worst and most dangerous president in history."
On February 23, 2021, Bernie Sanders opposed Tom Vilsack's confirmation as Agriculture Secretary, citing concerns about Vilsack's ties to large corporations.
On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was signed into law by Biden after passing the Senate. Bernie Sanders supported the bill's passage using budget reconciliation, a procedure to avoid filibusters, even after criticizing Republicans for doing the same to pass the 2017 tax cuts.
From 2021, Sanders chaired the Senate Budget Committee.
In 2021, Bernie Sanders voted to convict Trump on the sole article of his second impeachment trial for inciting the Capitol attack.
In 2021, an image of Bernie Sanders at Joe Biden's inauguration wearing mittens and a jacket became a viral meme, photoshopped into various images and scenes.
In August 2022, Sanders voted for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which capped the cost of insulin for seniors on Medicare to $35 a month and allowed Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, although he considered it only a small step forward.
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Sanders stated he wants the Democratic Party to focus more on supporting unionization, proposing a system where a simple majority vote leads to union formation.
Before the 2022 midterm election, Bernie Sanders called it "the most consequential midterm election" of modern U.S. history, highlighting its impact on democracy, abortion, and climate change. He expressed concern that the Democratic Party had not effectively communicated its message to young people and working-class individuals.
In 2022, Bernie Sanders voted to confirm Joe Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
In 2022, Republican nominee Gerald Malloy ran against Senator Peter Welch.
In April 2023, Bernie Sanders endorsed Biden in the 2024 United States presidential election.
From 2023, Sanders chaired the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
On May 6, 2024, Sanders announced his candidacy for a fourth Senate term.
In 1963, Sanders was fined $25 for resisting arrest. This is equivalent to $257 in 2024.
In 2024, Sanders was re-elected to the U.S. Senate.
In 2024, Trump's reelection led to policies reducing taxes on corporations and capital gains, instituting a flat income tax, and cutting Medicare and Medicaid. Elon Musk's formation of DOGE, as well as the enactment of Project 2025, were seen as myopic and unconstitutional by some.
In April 2023, after Biden withdrew from the race in 2024, Bernie Sanders endorsed Harris for president at the Democratic National Convention.
In March 2019, Sanders signed the pledge the day after he signed paperwork to run as an independent for reelection to the Senate in 2024.
News reports noted that the day before he signed a loyalty pledge, Sanders had signed paperwork to run as an independent for reelection to his Senate seat in 2024.
Since Donald Trump's reelection as president in 2024, Sanders has vocally opposed Trump's corruption and what he calls a right-wing oligarchy.
In February 2025, Bernie Sanders launched a "Fight Oligarchy" tour of Midwest districts that Republicans won but could be winnable by Democrats in the 2026 House elections.
In February 2025, in response to a tanking economy and alleged corruption following Trump's reelection in 2024, Bernie Sanders began a "Fight Oligarchy Tour."
In 2025, Sanders' term as the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is scheduled to end.
Bernie Sanders' "Fight Oligarchy" tour in February 2025 was aimed at Midwest districts that Republicans won but could be winnable by Democrats in the 2026 House elections.
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