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![Sen. Bernie Sanders makes his way to the Senate chamber, pausing as a colleague speaks about Israel, on Capitol Hill on December 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0208-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Casts Sole Democratic Vote Against Bill to Send $14B to Israel
“Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children are literally starving to death” due to Israel, Sanders said.
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Sanders Calls Out US Hypocrisy on Human Rights as Senators Unveil Aid Bill
The White House urges Congress to immediately pass the legislation, which would give Israel more than $14 billion.
![U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders presides over a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on unions on November 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1793472693-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Moves to Block Funding for Israeli Weapons as Aid Bill Looms
“Twenty-seven thousand dead — two-thirds of them women and children,” said the senator. “This is unacceptable.”
![Sen. Bernie Sanders holds a news conference in the Capitol on January 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0131_bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Bernie Sanders Calls for US and Others to Restore UNRWA Funding
Blinken has outright admitted that the U.S. has not looked into the validity of Israel’s claims against the UNRWA.
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Sanders Unveils Bill to Tax Corporations Paying CEOs 50 Times More Than Workers
In 2022, the top 350 U.S. firms had an average CEO to worker pay ratio of 345 to 1.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders talks with reporters after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on November 28, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0122-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders: Biden Must Stop Israel Aid After Netanyahu Vow to Nix Palestinian State
Netanyahu “has made his position clear: He will never allow a Palestinian state, ever,” Sanders emphasized.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0117-bernie-400x300.jpg)
Senate Rejects Sanders Push to Ensure US Isn’t Funding War Crimes in Gaza
Israel’s assault on Gaza “is a tragedy in which we, the United States of America, are complicit,” Sanders said.
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AOC, Sanders Sign On to Court Filing Supporting Lawsuit Against Willow Project
The Willow Project, dubbed a “carbon bomb,” is being challenged by climate advocates in court.
![United Auto Worker members stand in a picket line outside of the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the morning hours on October 14, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0104_uaw-400x300.jpg)
Senate Democrats Warn Auto Makers to Not Interfere With Sweeping UAW Union Drive
The lawmakers raised concern that some automakers have already engaged in illegal anti-union moves.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to the press outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0103-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders: “No More US Funding” for Israel as It Wages “Illegal” Assault on Gaza
The senator is calling on Congress to reject a bill to send $10 billion in military funding to Israel.