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BURLINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, plans to discuss how the automatic cuts to the federal government are impacting Vermonters.
Sanders will hold a press conference on Monday morning at his Burlington office.
The independent senator says he will talk about the direction he is fighting for as a member of the committee.
Sanders said last week that he was working with the committee on a 10-year budget which would create jobs, lower the deficit and protect working families and the most vulnerable people.
He said the committee bill should move to the Senate floor later this month, and that he’ll keep pushing for tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to help close the nation’s budget deficit.

BURLINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is discussing his efforts to prevent cuts to veterans benefits.
Sanders, a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has written a letter to congressional leadership making the case against the use of policies to reduce cost-of-living adjustments for veteran’s benefits and Social Security.
So far, more than 35 organizations representing veterans, seniors and the disabled have signed onto the letter.
Sanders is being joined at 11 a.m. Friday on an conference call with reporters by representatives from the National Association for Uniformed Services; the Jewish War Veterans of the USA; the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare; and the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.

Sen. Bernie Sanders has announced a couple of stops today at veterans’ clinics. Here’s the press release with the details:

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, will attend events today at veterans’ clinics in White River Junction, Vt., and Brattleboro, Vt.

At 1 p.m., the White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center will hold a grand opening of its new women’s comprehensive care center. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, there are more than 3,000 women veterans in Vermont.

At 4:15 p.m., Sanders will speak at the Brattleboro Community-Based Outpatient Clinic to welcome the new Medical Director Dr. Richard Orlan. Throughout Vermont, about 8,600 veterans now receive care from Vermont’s five Community-Based Outpatient Clinics located in Rutland, Colchester, Brattleboro, Newport and Bennington.