Three Months Family Leave | Bernie Sanders
It’s time for us to end the international embarrassment of being the only major country on earth that doesn’t provide full paid family and medical leave.
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★ About Bernie:
Bernie Sanders is a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. He is serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote. Sanders previously served as mayor of Vermont’s largest city for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife Jane and has four children and seven grandchildren.
Bernard “Bernie” Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents and grew up in a small, rent-controlled apartment. His father came to the United States from Poland at the age of 17 without much money or a formal education. While attending the University of Chicago, a 20-year-old Sanders led students in a multi-week sit-in to oppose segregation in off-campus housing owned by the university as a Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) officer. In August of 1963, Sanders took an overnight bus as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech firsthand at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
After graduation, Bernie moved to Vermont where he worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker. In 1981, he was elected as mayor of Burlington as an Independent by a mere 10 votes, shocking the city’s political establishment by defeating a six-term, local machine mayor. In 1983, Bernie was re-elected by a 21 point margin with a record amount of voter turnout. Under his administration, the city made major strides in affordable housing, progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care, women’s rights, youth programs and the arts. In 1990, Sanders was elected to the House of Representatives as the first Independent in 40 years and joined the Democratic caucus. He was re-elected for eight terms, during which he voted against the deregulation of Wall Street, the Patriot Act, and the invasion of Iraq.
In 2006, Sanders defeated the richest man in Vermont to win a seat in the U.S. Senate as an Independent. Known as a “practical and successful legislator,” Sanders served as chairman of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs where he authored and passed the most significant veteran health care reform bill in recent history. While in the Senate, Sanders has fought tirelessly for working class Americans against the influence of big money in politics. In 2010, he gave an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor in opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy. In 2015, the Democratic leadership tapped Bernie to serve as the caucus’ ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.
Known for his consistency on the issues, Senator Sanders has supported the working class, women, communities of color, and the LGBT community throughout his career. He is an advocate for the environment, unions, and immigrants. He voted against Keystone XL, opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, wants to expand the Voting Rights Act, and pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
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The crazy thing is if you tried to tell a Canadian they only get 3 months of leave people would lose their shit. 1 step at a time i guess.
I'M VOTING FOR BERNIE SANDERS IN CA PRIMARY NEXT WEEK!! SO EXITED TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE i ACTUALLY LIKE!!!!
Bernie is the only candidate who can unite our nation. I'm so proud to be casting my vote for Bernie in 2 weeks!
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When we stand Together we can accomplish anything! #Bernie2016
paid family and medical leave now !!
#HesWithUs
Bernie Sanders is so refreshing for the country.. once you've heard him.. you don't want to hear anyone else
I love living in the States! The fact that I have to choose between a roof over my head or bonding with my new born child so they don't grow up to be little shits just makes the royal fucking from corporate American that much easier to take.
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Lol just drop out already. Hillary needs 90 delegates and she wins while Bernie needs 800+
I was so happy to be able to go to this. <3
How can I not follow the man that sees reality and wants to make it better for all of us in the United States. GO BERNIE !!!