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Jul 3, 2019 · Bernie Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician, who since 2007, has served in the United States Senate as the junior Senator from Vermont. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990, Sanders is the longest-serving Independent in the history of the U.S. Congress.
The 2020 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders was an election campaign from the junior United States senator from Vermont. It began with Sanders 's formal announcement on February 19, 2019.
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Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist who is the senior United States senator from Vermont.
May 26, 2015 · Sanders was born on September 8, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY. His father was a Polish immigrant who came to the US at age 17. In 1962, Sanders, as an officer for the Congress of Racial Equality, led students in a several-week-long sit-in to oppose segregation in University of Chicago campus housing.
- Medicare for All. Sanders’s signature issue is healthcare. In April, he introduced legislation that would transform the US’s multi-faceted healthcare system into a single-payer, government-run system that provides insurance coverage to all Americans with no premiums, deductibles or co-payments.
- Middle class disappearing. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish working-class family, Sanders has made wealth inequality another pillar of his campaign.
- Immigration. Sanders, whose father was an immigrant from Poland, has said the US is a “nation of immigrants” and released an immigration plan that would overturn Trump policies intended to stem the flow of immigrants to the US.
- Foreign Policy. Sanders, the longest-serving independent in the history of Congress, has advanced the idea that domestic and foreign policies are inextricably linked, and has not shied away from criticising US foreign policy and military intervention abroad.
Sep 12, 2019 · Personal History. The Brooklyn-born Sanders has been a long-time reliable progressive, buttressing his collectivist credentials by living on an Israeli kibbutz in the '60s and spending his 1988...
Jun 12, 2019 · Birth date: Sept. 8, 1941. Personal life: Married to Jane O’Meara Sanders; Four children — Levi, Heather, Carina, David. Religion: Jewish. Top issues: Health care, wealth and income...
