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St. Albans, Vt. – A crowd of over 150 gathered Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at St. Albans City Hall in St. Albans, Vt. for the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing: “Crisis on the Farm: The State of Competition and Prospects for Sustainability in the Northeast Dairy Industry,” hosted by Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. and Senator Bernie [...]
Washington, D.C. – The National Farmers Union joined by U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Robert Casey, Jr., D-Pa., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today backed legislation to support dairy farmers.
The Senate in August passed Sanders’ amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill to provide an extra [...]
August 16, 2009
Hundreds of Vermonters packed lively and passionate but civil town meetings Saturday in Rutland and Arlington, Vt.
Both sessions were in welcome contrast to raucous town-hall-style meetings outside the state that have been disrupted and distracted by angry, shouting hecklers. Saturday’s meetings had only one moment in Rutland, where two men shouted at each other briefly on the [...]
